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How healthy is your family tree? : a complete guide to tracing your family's medical and behavioral tree / by Krause, Carol.(CARDINAL)375801;
Includes bibliographical references (page 165).
Subjects: Medical genetics.; Genealogy.;
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The gene [large print] : an intimate history / by Mukherjee, Siddhartha,author.(CARDINAL)347658;
Includes bibliographical references.Prologue: Families -- "The missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda.The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms postwar biology. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers to some of the most potent questions coursing through our political and cultural realms. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, gender identity, sexual orientation, temperament, choice, and free will, thus raising the most urgent questions affecting our personal realms. Above all, the story of the gene is driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds -- from Mendel and Darwin to Francis Crick, James Watson, and Rosalind Franklin to the thousands of scientists working today to understand the code of codes. Woven through the book is the story of author Mukherjee's own family and its recurring pattern of schizophrenia, a haunting reminder that the science of genetics is not confined to the laboratory but is vitally relevant to everyday lives. The moral complexity of genetics reverberates even more urgently today as we learn to "read" and "write" the human genome -- unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children and our children's children.
Subjects: Large print books.; Medical genetics;
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Understanding genetics [sound recording] : DNA, genes, and their real-world applications by Sadava, David E.(CARDINAL)206234; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
1ecture 1. Our inheritance -- lecture 2. Mendel and genes -- lecture 3. Genes and chromosomes -- lecture 4. The search for the gene : DNA -- lecture 5. DNA structure and replication -- lecture 6. DNA expression in proteins -- lecture 7. Genes, enzymes, and metabolism -- lecture 8. From DNA to protein -- lecture 9. Genomes -- lecture 10. Manipulating genes : recombinant DNA -- lecture 11. Isolating genes and DNA -- lecture 12. Biotechnology : genetic engineering -- lecture 13. Biotechnology and the environment -- lecture 14. Manipulating DNA by PCR and other methods -- lecture 15. DNA in identification : forensics -- lecture 16. DNA and evolution -- lecture 17. DNA and human evolution -- lecture 18. Molecular medicine : genetic screening -- lecture 19. Molecular medicine : the immune system -- lecture 20. Molecular medicine : cancer -- lecture 21. Molecular medicine : gene therapy -- lecture 22. Molecular medicine : cloning and stem cells -- lecture 23. Genetics and agriculture -- lecture 24. Biotechnology and agriculture.Taught by David Sadava, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges."Understanding genetics is like sitting down to work a massive puzzle. With each piece you examine, think through, and solve, you glean a new and amazing insight into humanity. Put several pieces together, and you can treat or cure a disease, save a developing fetus from a fatal birth defect, catch a criminal, or reunite a family. Each lecture begins with a helpful story that illustrates the importance of genetics. The course explicitly outlines the connections between the science of genetics and the health-related problems that plague us in modern society, and illuminates how studying genetics can be instrumental in solving those problems"--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Lectures.; Sound recordings.; Speaches.; Speeches.; Biotechnology.; DNA.; Genetics.; Medical genetics.;
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The gene doctors : medical genetics at the frontier / by Baskin, Yvonne.(CARDINAL)169661;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Genetic engineering.; Medical genetics.;
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It takes a genome : how a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick / by Gibson, Greg,1963-(CARDINAL)409745;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-173) and index.The adolescent genome -- Breast cancer's broken genes -- Not so thrifty diabetes genes -- Unhealthy hygiene -- Genetic AIDS -- Generating depression -- The Alzheimer's generation -- Genetic normality.
Subjects: Medical genetics.; Human evolution.;
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Your genes, your health : a critical family guide that could save your life / by Milunsky, Aubrey.(CARDINAL)724468;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Medical genetics;
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Is it in your genes : the influence on common disorders and diseases that affect you and your family. by Reilly, Philip,1947-(CARDINAL)753217;
Subjects: Medical genetics;
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The genome odyssey : medical mysteries and the incredible quest to solve them / by Ashley, Euan A.,author.(CARDINAL)847109;
"In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Euan Ashley, Stanford professor of medicine and genetics, brings the breakthroughs of precision medicine to vivid life through the real diagnostic journeys of his patients and the tireless efforts of his fellow doctors and scientists as they hunt to prevent, predict, and beat disease. Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the price of genome sequencing has dropped at a staggering rate. It's as if the price of a Ferrari went from $350,000 to a mere forty cents. Through breakthroughs made by Dr. Ashley's team at Stanford and other dedicated groups around the world, analyzing the human genome has decreased from a heroic multibillion dollar effort to a single clinical test costing less than $1,000. For the first time we have within our grasp the ability to predict our genetic future, to diagnose and prevent disease before it begins, and to decode what it really means to be human. In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Ashley details the medicine behind genome sequencing with clarity and accessibility. More than that, with passion for his subject and compassion for his patients, he introduces readers to the dynamic group of researchers and doctor detectives who hunt for answers, and to the pioneering patients who open up their lives to the medical community during their search for diagnoses and cures. He describes how he led the team that was the first to analyze and interpret a complete human genome, how they broke genome speed records to diagnose and treat a newborn baby girl whose heart stopped five times on the first day of her life, and how they found a boy with tumors growing inside his heart and traced the cause to a missing piece of his genome. These patients inspire Dr. Ashley and his team as they work to expand the boundaries of our medical capabilities and to envision a future where genome sequencing is available for all, where medicine can be tailored to treat specific diseases and to decode pathogens like viruses at the genomic level, and where our medical system as we know it has been completely revolutionized"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-368) and index.
Subjects: Genomics.; Medical genetics.;
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The complete idiot's guide to decoding your genes / by Tagliaferro, Linda.(CARDINAL)265480; Bloom, Mark V.(CARDINAL)392489;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index.
Subjects: Genetics; Medical genetics;
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Genetic connections : a guide to documenting your individual and family health history / by Nelson-Anderson, Danette L.(CARDINAL)393848; Waters, Cynthia V.(CARDINAL)393849;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72) and index.
Subjects: Genetic disorders.; Medical genetics.; Medical history taking.;
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