Doudna: Rewriting the Code of Life

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The Curious Student

Growing up in Hawaii in the 1960s and 70s, Jennifer Doudna was captivated by science from an early age. When her father left a copy of The Double Helix on her bed, she read it in one sitting. She became fascinated by the idea that a molecule — DNA — could hold the instructions for all of life.