Quick Look Medicine: Genetics - Softcover

Hoffee, Patricia A

9781889325422: Quick Look Medicine: Genetics

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889325422 ISBN 13: 9781889325422

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

In today's world genetics is molecular, whether one is dealing with bacteria, mice or humans. In this breakthrough text, IMS: Medical Molecular Genetics, that message is relayed to medical students taking a course in medical genetics and to house officers who suddenly find themselves at a loss with the new genetics they encounter. Understanding the molecular basis of human genetics has become essential in diagnosing and treating human disease. The goal of this book is to present to the reader the basic principles needed to use the ddiscoveries in this remarkable field. IMS: Medical Molecular Genetics covers the basic structure, properties, and functions of nucleic acids; mutations and their consequences on the function of proteins; DNA repair processes and their relationships to human disease; chromosome structure and the basis of inheritance; modern methods for detecting defective genes; and the basis of positional cloning and how it is currently being used to map disease genes. The clinical aspects of genetics and discussions of syndromes and dysmorphology, prenatal diagnosis; and genetic counselling are also presented. The most up-to-date information on cancer genetics includes the role of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in tumorigenesis and the use of molecular tests to diagnose cancer genes.

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