Samuel H. Sternberg

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About Samuel H. Sternberg

DR. SAMUEL H. STERNBERG is a protein-RNA biochemist and author of numerous high‑profile scientific publications on CRISPR technology. He runs a research laboratory at Columbia University, where he is assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. He lives in New York City.

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A Crack In Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution Jun 13, 2017

by Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg

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BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY | Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

“A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citizen—the material it covers should be discussed in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country.”— New York Review of Books

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR—a revolutionary new technology that she helped create—to make heritable changes in human embryos. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences, to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create “better” humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna—who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research—shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.

“The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas

“An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian

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Una grieta en la creación: CRISPR, la edición génica y el increíble poder de controlar la evolución (Alianza Ensayo nº 773) (Spanish Edition) Sep 17, 2020

by Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg, James C.-G. Hombría, María José Sánchez

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Jennifer A. Doudna galardonada con el Premio Nobel de Química 2020

Durante miles de millones de años, la evolución de la vida en la Tierra discurrió de acuerdo con la teoría de la evolución de Darwin.

Hoy, gracias a la tecnología CRISPR, la ciencia nos brinda la oportunidad de poner este proceso fundamental bajo nuestro control.

Mediante este descubrimiento transformador podemos aprender a editar el genoma humano, introduciendo cambios heredables en nuestro ADN que abren la posibilidad de erradicar el VIH, numerosas enfermedades genéticas e incluso ciertos tipos de cáncer, pero también traen de su mano numerosos fantasmas que despiertan nuevos dilemas éticos a la investigación científica.
"Una grieta en la creación" proporciona una mirada al interior de una de las revoluciones científicas más fascinantes de la historia de la humanidad de la mano de dos de sus más directos protagonistas.

Jennifer A. Doudna, ganadora del Premio Nobel 2020 y principal artífice de la creación de la herramienta CRISPR, y Samuel H. Sternberg presentan una historia del desarrollo de esta poderosa tecnología biológica al tiempo que explican su funcionamiento al público no especializado, sin dejar nunca de lado su responsabilidad científica al mirar al futuro para afrontar las principales cuestiones éticas despertadas por sus posibles derivas.

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