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A detailed narrative considers the unprecedented medical revolution in gene therapy, the combination of genetics and reproductive technology, and the replacement of defective genes to prevent disease, and includes the human passion, jealousy, politics, and drama behind the scenes.
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I worked as a programmer for the Human Genome Mapping Library Project with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute several years ago, and have been waiting for thebook that could clearly explain to my friends and relatives what it was that I and the thousands of other folks sequencing human DNA were really up to.
Finally, Lyon and Gorner have written a book that deals with the most profound and compelling implications of this work: gene therapy, or the possibility of bypassing symptoms of diseases by dealing instead with their root genetic. Although this well-researched and comprehensive volume might be a bit much for the casual reader, it is a masterful and colorful work filled with facts, personalities, and politics that would appeal to anyone with a real interest in understanding the history -- and possible futures -- of gene therapy.
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Jeff Lyon and Peter Gorner, recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1987 for the stories on which Altered Fates was based, write for the Chicago Tribune. They live in Chicago.
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0393035964
- ISBN 13 9780393035964
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages636
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