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The pattern no one could explain

In 2006, a biochemist took a phone call about a strange pattern in bacterial DNA. It led to a Nobel Prize and a tool for editing genes. Research and a biography of Doudna show how far that story can be stretched. This is a story from science, not medical advice.

Major #34: BiochemistryThe story: Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier (2000s and 2010s). The book: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • A phone call about a strange pattern
  • Scissors that could be aimed
  • What the research says
  • The book: The Code Breaker
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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