The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets - Hardcover

Cech, Thomas R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1324050683 ISBN 13: 9781324050681

Verlag: Norton & Company, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Over the last half century, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaking discoveries, biochemist Thomas Cech and a diverse cast of brilliant scientists have revealed RNA at the centre of biology's greatest mysteries, from how life began to what makes us human to why we age. At last, The Catalyst pulls back the curtain to show how RNA-long sidelined as the passive servant of DNA-defines life from its very origins to our future in the twenty-first century. Recounting his own paradigm-shifting discovery that RNA can catalyse biochemical reactions, as well as his work on the "fountain of youth" telomerase, Cech unfolds how RNA holds the key to the intricate machinery of our cells, the critical processes of ageing and disease and the spectacular powers of breakthrough therapies from CRISPR to mRNA vaccines. From one of our foremost scientists, The Catalyst is a must-read guide to the present and future of biology and medicine.

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Thomas R. Cech is distinguished professor of biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His honors include the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Norton & Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1324050683
• ISBN 13: 9781324050681
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
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