SynBio
by Leslie Alan Horvitz
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Pub Date Jul 01 2014 | Archive Date Jun 10 2016
Description
Scientists now have the capacity to
hack into DNA the same way that hackers can infiltrate computer systems,
manipulating organisms by inserting new DNA or exploiting genetic mutations
that can trigger fatal heart attacks or induce bipolar illness or Alzheimer’s.
These “biohackers,” as they’re known, can perform their experiments in their
kitchens using equipment purchased for next to nothing on eBay.
Most of these biohackers are like Seth Stringer in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
who’s made a name for himself exploring the frontiers of genetic manipulation.
He’s young, brash, ambitious, and obsessed with his work, but also a little
naive. When his former professor Marcus Adair holds out the possibility of
coming to London and going to work for an international pharmaceutical company
called Chimera, he jumps at the chance. He can make good money and cement his
relationship with his girlfriend, who has misgivings about his future prospects
as a breadwinner. He fails to realize until too late that the principal business
of Chimera isn’t the manufacture of generic drugs but the production of lethal
genetic products for well-heeled clients. These are used to assassinate or
debilitate presidents, prime ministers, and CEOs using their own DNA against
them—a method that not only makes it difficult to identify the perpetrator (a
cold virus can deliver the engineered DNA) but makes it almost impossible to
determine that a crime has been committed in the first place.
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EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781497637535 |
PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |