Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. THE MUTANT TIMELINE ix
4. PROLOGUE: THE WORLD ON NOTICE 1
5. 1 : I’M QUITE GLAD THAT I WASN’T FIRST 15
6. 2 : THE CHINA DREAM 23
7. 3 : THE BEST HUMANS HAVEN’T BEEN PRODUCED YET 38
8. 4 : WINNER TAKES ALL 52
9. 5 : LOOK AT THOSE MUSCLES, LOOK AT THAT BUTT 63
10. 6 : A MORAL CHOICE 75
11. 7 : WILL I HAVE TO MORTGAGE MY HOUSE? 80
12. 8 : THE CANCER MOONSHOT 88
13. 9 : FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL 93
14. 10 : SILENCE=DEATH 103
15. 11 : IMMORTALITY HAS TO BE THE GOAL 118
16. 12 : I DON’T WANT TO WALK, I WANT TO FLY 133
17. 13 : HIGH-QUALITY CHILDREN 140
18. 14 : #TRANSRACIAL 149
19. 15 : AMERICAN MEDICINE AND ONLY FOR YOU 162
20. 16 : HE WAS BUSY, BUSY, ALWAYS DOING RESEARCH 173
21. 17 : A HAMMER, LOOKING FOR A NAIL 182
22. 18 : BEAUTIFUL LIES 186
23. 19 : TWO HEALTHY BABY GIRLS? 206
24. 20 : MIXED WISDOM 216
25. 21 : THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD 220
26. 22 : CHINESE SCIENTISTS ARE CREATING CRISPR BABIES 230
27. 23 : BUBBLES VANISHING INTO AIR 233
28. 24 : THE HORSE HAS ALREADY BOLTED 239
29. EPILOGUE: WE HAVE NEVER BEEN HUMAN 247
30. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 261
31. NOTES 265
32. INDEX 279