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In this excellent scientific book, A Crack in Genesis, scientist Jennifer Doudna elaborates on the CRISPR technique, for which she shared the 2020 Nobel Prize for Biochemical Sciences with French scientist Emmanuelle Charrenier. According to Dr. Doudna, the applications to plants and animals on Earth are exciting, but the impact of genetic modification on our own species could offer the greatest promise. It is also arguably the greatest risk to the future of humanity, due to the other profound ramifications of CRISPR. The technology could be used not only to treat genetic diseases that affect humans and other living things on the planet, but also to prevent those diseases in theFuture. It's a simple and highly effective technique that scientists can use to modify the human germline, the flow of genetic information that connects the current generation to the next. The author then goes on to say in a confident and capable tone: “There is no doubt that someday, somewhere, this technology will be the tool used to change our human genome and its genetics, changing the genetic makeup of humanity forever.”.
