El código de la vida

Although her high school teacher warned her that girls could not be scientists, her passionate search for the hidden mechanisms of life and her will to turn discoveries into inventions led Jennifer Doudna to participate in the most important advance in the field of biology. since the discovery of the DNA double helix. With her team, she transformed a curiosity of nature into a tool that will change the course of the human being. CRISPR, an easy-to-use technique that allows DNA modification, which opens a new world of medical miracles but also of moral questions. The development of CRISPR (and the race to find the coronavirus vaccine) will accelerate our transition to the next great revolution. The last fifty years have been a digital age based on the microchip, the computer and the internet. Now the life sciences revolution begins. Students of the digital code will be joined by those studying the genetic code. Should we use our new capabilities to make ourselves less vulnerable to viruses? And to prevent depression? Should we accept that families who can afford it improve the physical constitution or intelligence of their children? Leading the team that discovered CRISPR technology, Doudna has led the discussions around these moral issues.