Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine/ Nicholas Wright Gillham.

By: Gillham, Nicholas W. (Nicholas Wright), 1932- [author.].

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : FT Press Science, 2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.Description: xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780137075447 (hardback : alk. paper); 0137075448 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Genetic disorders -- Susceptibility

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DDC classification: 616/.042

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.

Summary: Overview of medical genetics through the past century and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. Reviews the linkages between genes and disease, ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders, personalized medicine and crucial social and ethical issues arising from progress.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.

Overview of medical genetics through the past century and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. Reviews the linkages between genes and disease, ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders, personalized medicine and crucial social and ethical issues arising from progress.

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Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine/ Nicholas Wright Gillham.

By: Gillham, Nicholas W. (Nicholas Wright), 1932- [author.].

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