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Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine / Nicholas Wright Gillham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillham, Nicholas W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic disorders--Susceptibility.
- Genetic disorders.
- Human chromosomes.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn--genetics.
- Chromosomes, Human.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn--therapy.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease--genetics.
- Genetic Techniques.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn--genetics.
- Chromosomes, Human.
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn--therapy.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease--genetics.
- Genetic Techniques.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : FT Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Gillham (emeritus, biology, Duke U.) presents a succinct overview of the relationship between genes and disease, what can be done about these diseases, and the prospects for the future at the dawn of personalized medicine. His topics include hunting disease genes, how genetic diseases arise, susceptibility genes and risk factor, genes and behavior, preventing and treating genetic disease. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Hunting for disease genes
- How genetic diseases arise
- Ethnicity and genetic disease
- Susceptibility genes and risk factors
- Genes and cancer
- Genes and behavior
- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story
- Preventing genetic disease
- Treating genetic disease
- The dawn of personalized medicine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780137075447
- 0137075448
- OCLC:
- 692015450
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