The genome odyssey : medical mysteries and the incredible quest to solve them
by Ashley, Euan A. (Author)
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"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... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I: The early genomes.
- Patient Zero
- Team of teams
- Once removed
- Genome illumination
- First family
- Buffalo buffalo buffalo
- Starting up, reaching out
- Part II: Disease detectives.
- Undiagnosed
- The luck of the Irish
- Next-day delivery
- Hoofbeats in Central Park
- Part III: Affairs of the heart.
- Whisky à go-go
- How many genomes are you?
- Shake, rattle, and roll
- River of the land of pine trees
- Songs in the key of life
- Part IV: Precisely accurate medicine.
- Superhumans
- Precision medicine
- Genome surgery
- The road ahead.