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In this compelling audiobook, Ashley Spence shares her powerful journey from survivor to advocate, revealing how forensic DNA can change lives, transform justice, and prevent crimes before they happen. At just 19, Ashley endured a brutal assault that nearly claimed her life. For years, her attacker remained unknown-until DNA evidence brought him to justice, ensuring he would spend nearly 138 years behind bars.

For decades, Lisa accepted the story her family gave her: that her maternal grandmother had died when her mother was just a baby. But one ordinary day, a swab of DNA unraveled everything she thought she knew. Instead of a death, there was a disappearance. Instead of closure, there were questions. And instead of grief, there was rage, curiosity, and a burning need to understand the woman who walked away—and the family she left behind.

Walter Isaacson vertelt het verhaal van DNA-expert en Nobelprijswinnaar Jennifer Doudna. In oktober 2020 ontving biochemicus Jennifer Doudna samen met haar collega Emmanuelle Charpentier de Nobelprijs voor de Scheikunde voor hun doorslaggevende bijdrage aan de ontwikkeling van CRISPR-Cas. Met deze techniek kunnen wetenschappers het menselijk genoom bewerken door te knippen en plakken in DNA-sequenties.