In bestselling biographies, historian and author Walter Isaacson explored the brilliance of disruptors as varied as Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs. In his latest book, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021), Isaacson offered a gripping account of the pioneering research in CRISPR gene editing by the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and her collaborators, including their recent work in developing and sharing COVID-19 diagnostic tools.

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