{"product_id":"2940172667541","title":"Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust 45 years ago, the age of gene modification was born. Researchers could create glow-in-the-dark mice, farmyard animals producing drugs in their milk, and vitamin-enhanced rice that could prevent half a million people going blind every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now GM is rapidly being supplanted by a new system called CRISPR or 'gene editing'. Using this approach, scientists can manipulate the genes of almost any organism with a degree of precision, ease and speed that we could only dream of ten years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is it ethical to change the genetic material of organisms in a way that might be passed on to future generations? If a person is suffering from a lethal genetic disease, is it even more unethical to deny them this option? Who controls the application of this technology, when it makes 'biohacking'amp;mdash;perhaps of one's own genomeamp;mdash;a real possibility?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNessa Carey's book is a thrilling and timely snapshot of a technology that will radically alter our futures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106158952688,"sku":"2940172667541","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172667541_p0.jpg?v=1763844968","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172667541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}