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Kevin Davies

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Born and raised in London, Kevin Davies studied at Oxford University and moved to the U.S. in 1987 after earning his PhD in genetics. He endured two years at the bench before seeking refuge in the editorial office of Nature magazine. He was the founding editor of the journal Nature Genetics and has also worked at Cell Press and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is currently the editor of Bio-IT World magazine, based in Boston.

The $1,000 Genome is Kevin's third book, and second for the Free Press. He published Cracking the Genome, about the race for the Human Genome Project, in 2000. His first book, Breakthrough, co-authored with Michael White, was about the race to identify the "breast cancer gene" in the mid-'90s. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,075 ratings · 136 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing 3.95 avg rating — 346 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine 3.45 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA 3.46 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sequence : Inside the Race for the Human Genome 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breakthrough: The Race to Find the Breast Cancer Gene by Kevin Davies, Michael White 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defying Dementia: Training the Brain Back to Health by Kevin Davies, Becky Blanton (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U2: In Camera 1991-1997 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La conquista del genoma humano: Craig Venter, Francis Collins, James Watson y la historia del mayor descubrimiento científico de nuestra época really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	De code van het leven. De ontdekking van de menselijke DNA-structuur liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“CRISPR spacers are first transcribed into a long contiguous RNA, which is then sliced into discrete CRISPR RNAs corresponding to individual spacers. This RNA then forms a complex with Cas proteins that targets the corresponding”
― Kevin Davies, Editing Mankind: Humanity in the Age of CRISPR and Gene Editing

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