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"A visionary and exhilarating exploration of biology''s next great frontier. Adrian Woolfson has written a work of astonishing scope and imagination, charting the convergence of artificial intelligence and genome synthesis. He takes readers from the foundations of molecular genetics to the threshold of a world in which we may author entirely new species, whilst reimagining human health. Bold, lucid, and deeply original, --Tim Coulson, author of "The book we need right now: a clear-eyed, comprehensive look at how AI, gene editing, and synthetic biology are converging to give humanity unprecedented power over its own evolution. Part history, part forecast, entirely compelling. Woolfson guides us through the landmarks of molecular biology with the assurance of an expert and the enthusiasm of a born storyteller. He brings a rare combination of industry experience and literary skill to one of the most consequential questions of our time. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand where genomic technologies are taking us." --Tom Ellis, Professor of Synthetic Genome Engineering, Imperial College London "A brilliantly crafted, sweeping exposition with profound insights essential for any citizen of the twenty-first century." --Tim White, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley "Darwin wrote --Eric Topol, founder of Scripps Research Institute and author of Super Agers "Scientists already know how to read the language of DNA and to edit it. Woolfson details the new frontier--writing new DNA scripts from scratch." --Thomas R. Cech, Nobel Prize winner and author of "A terrific read that will be interesting to a very broad audience. I particularly enjoyed the blend of engagingly narrated scientific history with forecasting the future. Adrian is absolutely correct that we are embarking on a new era in which humankind will be able to create completely new kinds of biology that evolution has never explored. This is both tremendously exciting and rather scary." --Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physics and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge ...
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Adrian Woolfson is the cofounder of Genyro, a California-based biotechnology company specializing in synthetic genome design and construction. He studied medicine at Balliol College, Oxford, and was formerly the Charles and Katherine Darwin Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge, working at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Life Without Genes and An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Genetics. He has authored over 160 scientific papers, book chapters, reviews and patents, and is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Science magazine.
