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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

de Matthew D. LaPlante, David Sinclair ...

Narrado por David Sinclair ...

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11 hora 55 minutos

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel... ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel...
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Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

de David Reich ...

Narrado por John Lescault ...

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10 hora 51 minutos

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human historyGeneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome
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The Tangled Tree

A Radical New History of Life

de David Quammen ...

Narrado por Jacques Roy ...

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13 hora 49 minutos

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to
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Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global

de Laura Spinney ...

Narrado por Emma Spurgin-Hussey ...

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9 hora 3 minutos

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely ... Leer más

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Proto by Laura Spinney, read by Emma Spurgin-HusseyThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely
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The Psychopath Inside

A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

de James Fallon ...

Narrado por Walter Dixon ...

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4 hora 58 minutos

The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

de Bryan Sykes ...

Narrado por Michael Page ...

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9 hora 5 minutos

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
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Superconvergence

How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World

de Jamie Metzl ...

Narrado por Jamie Metzl, James Anderson Foster ...

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15 hora 44 minutos

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we
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Life as We Made It

How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature

de Beth Shapiro ...

Narrado por Beth Shapiro ...

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9 hora 40 minutos

From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world ... Leer más

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From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world
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The Secret of Life

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

de Howard Markel ...

Narrado por Donald Corren ...

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15 hora 5 minutos

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the
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Beyond Inheritance

Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

de Roxanne Khamsi ...

Narrado por Roxanne Khamsi ...

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8 hora 39 minutos

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Leer más

$22.00 USD

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and
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Free Agents

How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

de Kevin J. Mitchell ...

Narrado por Kevin J. Mitchell ...

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10 hora 52 minutos

This audiobook narrated by neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents an evolutionary case for the existence of free willScientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency—or free will—is an illusion. In Free Agents, ... Leer más

$32.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook narrated by neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents an evolutionary case for the existence of free willScientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency—or free will—is an illusion. In Free Agents,
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Hubris

The Rise, Fall, and Future of Humanity

de Johannes Krause, Thomas Trappe ...

Narrado por Stephen R. Thorne ...

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8 hora 38 minutos

Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and ... Leer más

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Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and
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Hacking Immortality

New Realities in the Quest to Live Forever

de Sputnik Futures ...

Narrado por Lisa Larsen ...

Series series Alice in Futureland
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4 hora 40 minutos

Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization.Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging even more manageable.This new entry in the exciting Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization.Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging even more manageable.This new entry in the exciting Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse
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Gene Revolution, The

CRISPR and the Future of Humanity

de August Raines ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Anya G ...

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1 horas 5 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In "The Gene Revolution: CRISPR and the Future of Humanity," August Raines delves into the transformative world of genetic editing. With a focus on CRISPR/Cas9 technology, the book traces its journey from a bacterial immune mechanism to a groundbreaking tool for editing human DNA. Raines explores the historical fascination with creation, drawing ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In "The Gene Revolution: CRISPR and the Future of Humanity," August Raines delves into the transformative world of genetic editing. With a focus on CRISPR/Cas9 technology, the book traces its journey from a bacterial immune mechanism to a groundbreaking tool for editing human DNA. Raines explores the historical fascination with creation, drawing
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Das Basteln der Evolution

Walter J. Gehring erzählt eine genetische Theorie der Entwicklung

de Walter J. Gehring, Klaus Sander ...

Narrado por Walter J. Gehring ...

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2 hora 1 minutos

Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die ... Leer más

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Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die
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Genetics in the Madhouse

The Unknown History of Human Heredity

de Theodore M. Porter ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

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14 hora 1 minutos

In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing
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From One Cell

A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine

de Ben Stanger ...

Narrado por Noah James Butler ...

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10 hora 19 minutos

Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature's most spectacular yet commonplace magic tricks—and one of its most coveted ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature's most spectacular yet commonplace magic tricks—and one of its most coveted
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The Human Gene Editing Debate

de John H. Evans ...

Narrado por Victor Bevine ...

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5 hora 17 minutos

In 2018 the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the pre-existing moral consensus, which had held for over fifty years before: while gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

In 2018 the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the pre-existing moral consensus, which had held for over fifty years before: while gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line
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Bioinformatics Scientist - The Comprehensive Guide

de Viruti Shivan ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Mike G ...

Series series Vanguard Professionals
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4 hora 24 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Code of Life: Mastering Data to Pave the Future of BiologyDive into the groundbreaking realm of bioinformatics with "Bioinformatics Scientist- The Comprehensive Guide," your ultimate resource for mastering the intricacies of biological data analysis. This guide demystifies the complex world of genetic codes, protein databases, and ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Code of Life: Mastering Data to Pave the Future of BiologyDive into the groundbreaking realm of bioinformatics with "Bioinformatics Scientist- The Comprehensive Guide," your ultimate resource for mastering the intricacies of biological data analysis. This guide demystifies the complex world of genetic codes, protein databases, and
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Longevity Science and Antiaging Research

de Azhar ul Haque Sario ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Madison G ...

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4 hora 45 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlock the secrets to a longer, healthier life with cutting-edge science and global insights.Hey there! Ready to dive into the wild world of living longer? Longevity Science and Antiaging Research is your ticket to understanding how aging works and what we can do about it. This book spans 17 chapters packed with mind-blowing info. It kicks off with the ... Leer más

$5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlock the secrets to a longer, healthier life with cutting-edge science and global insights.Hey there! Ready to dive into the wild world of living longer? Longevity Science and Antiaging Research is your ticket to understanding how aging works and what we can do about it. This book spans 17 chapters packed with mind-blowing info. It kicks off with the
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Pointing from the Grave

A True Story of Murder and DNA

de Samantha Weinberg ...

Narrado por Nadia May ...

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12 hora 38 minutos

This is the remarkable and gripping true story of a murderer and his victim, and of the tiny molecule that linked their fates. It is both the history of a science overlaid with human drama and a human tragedy inextricably entwined with science. It is about two lives made and destroyed by DNA—and by each other.In 1984, Helena Greenwood, a young British DNA scientist, was sexually assaulted in her ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

This is the remarkable and gripping true story of a murderer and his victim, and of the tiny molecule that linked their fates. It is both the history of a science overlaid with human drama and a human tragedy inextricably entwined with science. It is about two lives made and destroyed by DNA—and by each other.In 1984, Helena Greenwood, a young British DNA scientist, was sexually assaulted in her
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The Epigenetics Revolution

How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

de Nessa Carey ...

Narrado por Donna Postel ...

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11 hora 16 minutos

Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and
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What Is Life?

Five Great Ideas in Biology

de Paul Nurse ...

Narrado por Paul Nurse ...

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5 hora 6 minutos

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates
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Biopunk

Solving Biotech’s Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages

de Marcus Wohlsen ...

Narrado por Richard Powers ...

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8 hora 47 minutos

Bill Gates told Wired that if he were a teenager today, he would be hacking biology. “If you want to change the world in some big way,” he says, “that’s where you should start—biological molecules.”The most disruptive force on the planet resides in DNA. Biotech companies and academic researchers are just beginning to unlock the potential of piecing together life from scratch. Champions of ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Bill Gates told Wired that if he were a teenager today, he would be hacking biology. “If you want to change the world in some big way,” he says, “that’s where you should start—biological molecules.”The most disruptive force on the planet resides in DNA. Biotech companies and academic researchers are just beginning to unlock the potential of piecing together life from scratch. Champions of
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