Outstanding web animation of CRISPR-Cas9 gene targeting.
Human Nature film (2019). wondercollaborative.org/human-nature-documentary-film/
Superb full-length documentary directed by Adam Bolt.
Innovative Genomics Institute: Education. innovativegenomics.org/education/
A variety of educational tools and engaging digital resources.
Synthego. The Bench blog. www.synthego.com/blog
Useful source of interviews, blog posts and educational materials from California biotech company.
ALSO BY KEVIN DAVIES:
Breakthrough (with Michael White)
Cracking the Genome
The $1,000 Genome
DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution (with James D. Watson and Andrew Berry)
ENDNOTES
Prologue
1. Jon Cohen, “What now for human genome editing?,” Science 362, (2018): 1090–1092. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1090.
2. Antonio Regalado, “Exclusive: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies,” MIT Technology Review, November 25, 2018, https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612458/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/.
3. Marilynn Marchione, “Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies,” Associated Press, November 26, 2018, https://www.apnews.com/4997bb7aa36c45449b488e19ac83e86d.
4. Sui-Lee Wee, “Chinese Scientist Who Genetically Edited Babies Gets 3 Years in Prison,” New York Times December 31, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/china-scientist-genetic-baby-prison.html.
5. “The era of human gene-editing may have begun. Why that is worrying,” Economist, December 1, 2018, https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/01/the-era-of-human-gene-editing-may-have-begun-why-that-is-worrying.
6. Elizabeth Pennisi, “The CRISPR Craze,” Science 341, (2013): 833–836, https://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/833.
7. “Editing Humanity,” Economist, August 22, 2015, https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/08/22/editing-humanity.
8. Fraser Nelson, “The return of eugenics,” The Spectator, April 2016, https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-return-of-eugenics.
9. Antonio Regalado, “Who Owns the Biggest Biotech Discovery of the Century?,” MIT Technology Review, December 4, 2014, https://www.technologyreview.com/s/532796/who-owns-the-biggest-biotech-discovery-of-the-century/.
10. Amy Maxmen, “The Genesis Engine,” WIRED, August 2015, https://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/.
11. Kevin Davies, “Nature, genetics and the Niven factor,” Nature Genetics 39, (2007): 805–806, https://www.nature.com/articles/ng0707-805.
12. Kevin Davies and Michael White, Breakthrough: The Race to Find the Breast Cancer Gene (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995).
13. Adam Liptak, “Justices, 9–0, Bar Patenting Human Genes,” New York Times, June 13, 2013, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/us/supreme-court-rules-human-genes-may-not-be-patented.html.
14. Kevin Davies, Cracking the Genome (New York: Free Press, 2001).
15. Kevin Davies, The $1,000 Genome (New York: Free Press, 2010).
16. Fastest genetic diagnosis, Guinness World Records, February 3, 2018, https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/413563-fastest-genome-sequencing/.
17. Julianna LeMieux, “MGI Delivers the $100 Genome at AGBT Conference,” Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, February 26, 2020, https://www.genengnews.com/news/mgi-delivers-the-100-genome-at-agbt-conference/.
18. Gina Kolata, “Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA,” New York Times, July 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/science/film-clip-stored-in-dna.html.
19. Y. Shao et al., “Creating a functional single-chromosome yeast,” Nature 560, (2018): 331–335.
20. Matthew Warren, “Four new DNA letters double life’s alphabet,” Nature, February 21, 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00650-8.
21. James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, and Kevin Davies, DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution (New York: Knopf, 2017).
22. Rob Stein, “In a 1st, Doctors in U.S. Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic Disorder,” NPR, July 29, 2019, https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/29/744826505/sickle-cell-patient-reveals-why-she-is-volunteering-for-landmark-gene-editing-st.
23. Michael Specter, “How the DNA Revolution Is Changing Us,” National Geographic, August 2016, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/dna-crispr-gene-editing-science-ethics/.
Chapter 1: The CRISPR Craze
1. Bill Whitaker, “CRISPR: The gene-editing tool revolutionizing biomedical research,” 60 Minutes, April 29, 2018, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crispr-the-gene-editing-tool-revolutionizing-biomedical-research/.
2. William Kaelin, “Why we can’t cure cancer with a moonshot,” Washington Post, February 11, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-problem-with-trying-to-cure-cancer-with-a-moonshot/2020/02/11/87632bba-2d84-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html.