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Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle Edit - Grateful11 - 09-13-2011
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SH6XPM?t
100+ Years of Medical Genetics: An Authoritative History in Social and Ethical Context
This is an exceptionally readable overview of the rise and transformations of medical genetics throughout the past century. It thoroughly reviews the field, summarizes current scientific understanding, and encourages readers to seriously reflect on the ethical and social implications. Gillham explains
How genetic diseases arise and why some ethnic groups are more susceptible to specific disorders
How scientists are trying to identify the genetic factors underlying multifaceted conditions like diabetes and heart disease
The value and limitations of genetic information in prevention, treatment, and cure
The complex, subtle interrelationships between genes and cancer
What science knows--and doesn’t know--about genetics and human behavior
The fraught, controversial history of attempts to link genes with intelligence
Gene therapy: what’s worked and what hasn’t
The potential and profound implications of personalized medicine
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - sekker - 09-13-2011
Thanks!
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - pinkoos - 09-13-2011
Yeah, thanks.
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - DavidS - 09-13-2011
Looks interesting. Thanks!
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - h linamen - 09-13-2011
I'm sure glad someone is interested in this stuff.... it's way beyond me.
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - Lew Zealand - 09-13-2011
Thanks! This is great stuff. Of course I'm biased, having studied these topics in college & grad school…
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - Grateful11 - 09-13-2011
I may try to read it because of we have some genetic problems in our family, like my wife and I possibly
passing on Muscular Dystrophy to our late son Jesse. We were told had he been born a girl his likelihood
of having MD would have been cut in half. I have also read it could have been a mutation in the genetic
strand. We know of no other cases of MD anywhere in our families.
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - A-Polly - 09-14-2011
I picked it up, too. Thanks, Grateful11.
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - PeterB - 09-14-2011
Thanks, but anyone know how to convert from Kindle -> PDF ?
Re: Free Book: Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine, Kindle - freeradical - 09-14-2011
PeterB wrote:
Thanks, but anyone know how to convert from Kindle -> PDF ?
I think it's protected, but you can read it on your computer with the Kindle reader application.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?docId=1000493771