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Advances in the Study of Genetic Disorders / edited by Kenji Ikehara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ikehara, Kenji, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical genetics.
- Genetic disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (486 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2011
- Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The studies on genetic disorders have been rapidly advancing in recent years as to be able to understand the reasons why genetic disorders are caused. The first Section of this volume provides readers with background and several methodologies for understanding genetic disorders. Genetic defects, diagnoses and treatments of the respective unifactorial and multifactorial genetic disorders are reviewed in the second and third Sections. Certainly, it is quite difficult or almost impossible to cure a genetic disorder fundamentally at the present time. However, our knowledge of genetic functions has rapidly accumulated since the double-stranded structure of DNA was discovered by Watson and Crick in 1956. Therefore, nowadays it is possible to understand the reasons why genetic disorders are caused. It is probable that the knowledge of genetic disorders described in this book will lead to the discovery of an epoch of new medical treatment and relieve human beings from the genetic disorders of the future.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Intech, viewed October 14, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9789535165750
- 9535165755
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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