Genetic Twists of Fate

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Stanley Fields (Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine, University of Washington) Mark Johnston (Professor and Chair, Princeton University)

Genetic Twists of Fate

Stanley Fields (Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine, University of Washington), Mark Johnston (Professor and Chair, Princeton University)

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MIT Press
08 February 2013

Medical genetics; Gene therapy; Genetic engineering; Popular medicine & health

Series: The MIT Press

How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well.

News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly reducing the cost of reading someone's personal DNA (all six billion letters of it). Within the next ten years, hospitals may present parents with their newborn's complete DNA code along with her footprints and APGAR score. In Genetic Twists of Fate, distinguished geneticists Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston help us make sense of the genetic revolution that is upon us.

Fields and Johnston tell real life stories that hinge on the inheritance of one tiny change rather than another in an individual's DNA- a mother wrongly accused of poisoning her young son when the true killer was a genetic disorder; the screen siren who could no longer remember her lines because of Alzheimer's disease; and the president who was treated with rat poison to prevent another heart attack. In an engaging and accessible style, Fields and Johnston explain what our personal DNA code is, how a few differences in its long list of DNA letters makes each of us unique, and how that code influences our appearance, our behavior, and our risk for such common diseases as diabetes or cancer.

How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well.

News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly reducing the cost of reading someone's personal DNA (all six billion letters of it). Within the next ten years, hospitals may present parents with their newborn's complete DNA code along with her footprints and APGAR score. In Genetic Twists of Fate, distinguished geneticists Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston help us make sense of the genetic revolution that is upon us.

Fields and Johnston tell real life stories that hinge on the inheritance of one tiny change rather than another in an individual's DNA- a mother wrongly accused of poisoning her young son when the true killer was a genetic disorder; the screen siren who could no longer remember her lines because of Alzheimer's disease; and the president who was treated with rat poison to prevent another heart attack. In an engaging and accessible style, Fields and Johnston explain what our personal DNA code is, how a few differences in its long list of DNA letters makes each of us unique, and how that code influences our appearance, our behavior, and our risk for such common diseases as diabetes or cancer.

By: Stanley Fields (Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine University of Washington), Mark Johnston (Professor and Chair, Princeton University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9780262518642
ISBN 10: 0262518643
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 February 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stanley Fields is Professor of Genome Sciences and Medicine at the University of Washington and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Mark Johnston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Genetics.

Reviews for Genetic Twists of Fate

Fields and Johnston succeed in providing an accessible text that may appeal to the general public, and that is both enlightening and entertaining. -- Anthony J. Dellureficio, The Quarterly Review of Biology

Commended for PROSE Awards: Popular Science & Popular Mathematics 2010.
Winner of <PrizeName>Honorable Mention, 2010 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in the Popular Science and Popular Mathematics category</PrizeName> 2010
Winner of Honorable Mention, 2010 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in the Popular Science and Popular Mathematics category 2010
Winner of Honorable Mention, 2010 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in the Popular Science and Popular Mathematics category</PrizeName> 2010