If you are interested in genomics, some other reads I recommend:

The Gene: An intimate history. An incredible retelling of how we discovered the gene, from Mendel and his pea plants to next generation sequencing. https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

The Genome Odyssey A series of patient stories documenting the process of using genomics to diagnose and treat rare diseases in patients https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250234980

The author of this article, nick lane also has some popular bio books, in particular: Transformers, The deep chemistry of life. https://www.amazon.com/Transformer-Deep-Chemistry-Life-Death...

If you're interested in genetic engineering/CRISPR, check out the following book: Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee. He does a fantastic job of layman's writing on science, his other book on Cancer is fascinating and extremely well written, that one is called "Emperor of Maladies". I'd highly recommend both, but don't expect ANY other writing on bio to be that engaging :)

https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

I highly recommend "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

Was literally reading about this last night in "The Gene, An Intimate History": https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

Couldn't help but think of this troubling incident while reading about it.

If you have some time, The Gene [0] is a good read. One of the cases the author describes is when a lot of people decided to be very optimistic at the same time and things didn't end well.

Not questioning your frustration though, but it's good to have extremely cautious people around.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

In line with this, I'd also like to recommend 'The Gene'[0]. The author has informed me of new things (Even though I studied biochemistry during college) and also focused a lot on the ethical discussions relating to genetic modification. It also directly discusses CRISPR as it is quite new. I'd recommend all of Mukherjee's other books as well (Mainly Emperor of all Maladies).

[0]https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476733503

In line with this, I'd also like to recommend 'The Gene'[0]. The author has informed me of new things (Even though I studied biochemistry during college) and also focused a lot on the ethical discussions relating to genetic modification. It also directly discusses CRISPR as it is quite new. I'd recommend all of Mukherjee's other books as well (Mainly Emperor of all Maladies).

[0]https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476733503

If you are interested in learning more about CRISPR checkout this article - http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crispr-... .

This podcast by Radiolab also breaks down the idea really well - http://www.radiolab.org/story/antibodies-part-1-crispr/ .

I am currently reading this book - The Gene http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukhe... to gain a better understanding of what genes are and I have found it to be really well written even for someone who last studied biology over 15 years ago.