![]() ![]() ![]() Isaacson also discusses a host of unresolved moral and ethical issues that Doudna's scientific work has raised. It is Isaacson's genius that he explains this complicated process - and how Doudna reached it starting from ground zero - in clear, concise, layperson's terms.īut he doesn't stop there. The discovery opened up the world of biotechnology, raising the possibility that many diseases could be cured and that life could be extended. After several stops, including an assistant professorship at Yale, she was offered her own lab at UC-Berkeley, entered into a long-distance partnership with French biochemist Emmanuelle Charpentier and, along with her, invented a technology called CRISPR-Cas9 that could be programmed to edit targeted DNA molecules. in biochemistry from Harvard Medical School in 1989. Her high school guidance counselor told her: "Don't you know women don't do science?"īut she persevered, earning a Ph.D. ![]() "What mainly struck me," Doudna told Isaacson, "was that a woman could be a great scientist." He puts all those talents to good use in discussing the monumental achievements of Jennifer Doudna, a salmon who swam upstream against the flow of male chauvinism and spawned … Well, she spawned the future.ĭoudna grew up in Hawaii and became interested in science after reading James Watson's "The Double Helix." She was particularly interested in the role played by Rosalind Franklin, whose data Watson used without her permission. ![]()
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