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With vaccinations in full swing, gene therapy for cancer may only be few years away.

You know how writers are sometimes asked whom they would like to have over for a small dinner party? Well, historian, biographer and academic Walter Isaacson, out now with another magnificent tome, The Code Breaker, says – with nods to other innovators he’s written about, including Einstein, Steve Jobs and his favorite genius, Leonardo Da Vinci – that his guests would be Benjamin Franklin and Jennifer Doudna. Franklin, whom Isaacson wrote about in 2003, was a prime exemplar of “curiosity,” the driving force behind inquiries and inventions. As for Doudna, who he says manifests the s...

New books are at the Havre-Hill County Library   From https://havrehilllibrary.org Havre-Hill County Library Staff New fiction "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. From the author of "The Martian" comes another gripping tale of survival in space. Ryland Grace wakes up to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. As Ryland's memories fuzzily return, he realizes the magnitude of the task that now confronts him. Hurtling through space on a tiny ship, it's up to him to unravel an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our s...

Published April 29, 2021 at 7:01 AM PDT Listen • 58:59 Simon & Schuster Biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the genomic work of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna to allow for the editing of DNA. Isaacson’s new book, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, tells the story of how Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opens a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. It has already been deployed to cure ...

Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR Nick Otto/Getty Images Walter Isaacson's latest book chronicles Jennifer Doudna's discovery of CRISPR, a gene-editing tool.  The 536-page book hits on themes including curiosity driving science and CRISPR's vast potential. Here are five key takeaways from Isaacon's biography. The biographer Walter Isaacson has chronicled some of history's most iconic creative people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, and Benjamin Franklin.  In his latest book, The ...