The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine - Rilegato

Collins, Francis S

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ISBN 10: 0061733172 ISBN 13: 9780061733178

Casa editrice: Harper, 2010

Riassunto

The best-selling author of The Language of God and leader of the Human Genome Project explains how ongoing improvements in DNA testing will usher in a new era of customized medicine. 100,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease.” (President Barack Obama)

“The future of customized medicine is in your DNA; don’t wait until you are sick to learn why.” (Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of You: The Owner's Manual)

“With fluid prose and compelling narratives, Francis Collins makes modern medical science vivid and accessible. This book sets out hope without hype, and will enrich the mind and uplift the heart.” (Jerome Groopman, M.D., Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School, Author of How Doctors Think)

“Man’s knowledge of man is undergoing the greatest revolution since Leonardo, and Francis Collins is at the leading edge of it. I am a better doctor today because Dr. Collins was my genetics professor in medical school, and now, the world gets to benefit from his wisdom by reading The Language of Life.” (Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Neurosurgeon at Emory University and Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN)

L'autore

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is a pioneer gene hunter. He spent fifteen years as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, where he led the international Human Genome Project to a successful completion. For his revolutionary contributions to genetic research he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, and the National Medal of Science in 2009. He is the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harper
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061733172
• ISBN 13: 9780061733178
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 368