"The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction : Into the breach --Part one : The origins of life : -- Hilo -- The gene -- DNA -- The education of a biochemist -- The human genome -- RNA -- Twists and folds -- Berkeley -- Part two : CRISPR : -- Clustered repeats -- The Free Speech Movement Café -- Jumping in -- The yogurt makers -- Genentech -- The lab -- Caribou -- Emmanuelle Charpentier -- CRISPR-Cas9 -- Science, 2012 -- Dueling presentations -- Part three : Gene editing : -- A human tool -- The race -- Feng Zhang -- George Church -- Zhang tackles CRISPR -- Doudna joins the race -- Photo finish -- Doudna's final sprint -- Forming companies -- Mon amie -- The heroes of CRISPR -- Patents -- Part four : CRISPR in action : -- Therapies -- Biohacking -- DARPA and anti-CRISPR -- Part five : Public scientist : -- Rules of the road -- Doudna steps in -- Part six : CRISPR babies : -- He Jiankui -- The Hong Kong summit -- Acceptance -- Part seven : Moral questions : -- Red lines -- Thought experiments -- Who should decide? -- Doudna's ethical journey -- Part eight : Dispatches from the front : -- Quebec -- I learn to edit -- Watson revisited -- Doudna pays a visit -- Part nine : Coronavirus : -- Call to arms -- Testing -- The Berkeley lab -- Mammoth and Sherlock -- Coronavirus tests -- Vaccines -- CRISPR cures -- Cold Spring Harbor virtual -- The Nobel Prize.