I think Brian Keating's Losing the Nobel Prize is slightly better. But this Jennifer Doudna story is pretty good. I finished reading the book a few days before the patent office's final ruling on whose patent takes precedence for applications of CRISPR Cas9 for human gene editing (Doudna lost). And I had no idea about the Biohackers who are editing their own genes. The competition and races for her discoveries are fun, but the entire second half of the book, examining bio ethics, is a little boring. It's still entertaining and fun, 5/5 Stars.
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