Genomics
A Revolution in Health and Disease Discovery
Whitney Stewart ; Hans C. Andersson
- Over
- the
- past
- 50
- years,
- scientists
- have
- made
- incredible
- progress
- in
- the
- application
- of
- genetic
- research
- to
- human
- health
- care
- and
- disease
- treatment.
- Innovative
- tools
- and
- techniques,
- including
- gene
- therapy
- and
- CRISPR-Cas9
- editing,
- can
- treat
- inherited
- disorders
- that
- were
- previously
- untreatable,
- or
- prevent
- them
- from
- happening
- in
- the
- first
- place.
- You
- can
- take
- a
- DNA
- test
- to
- learn
- where
- your
- ancestors
- are
- from.
- Police
- officers
- can
- use
- genetic
- evidence
- to
- identify
- criminals—or
- innocents.
- And
- some
- doctors
- are
- using
- new
- medical
- techniques
- for
- unprecedented
- procedures.Genomics:
- A
- Revolution
- in
- Health
- and
- Disease
- Discovery
- delves
- into
- the
- history,
- science,
- and
- ethics
- behind
- recent
- breakthroughs
- in
- genetic
- research.
- Authors
- Whitney
- Stewart
- and
- Hans
- Andersson,
- MD,
- present
- fascinating
- case
- studies
- that
- show
- how
- real
- people
- have
- benefitted
- from
- genetic
- research.
- Though
- the
- genome
- remains
- full
- of
- mysteries,
- researchers
- and
- doctors
- are
- working
- hard
- to
- uncover
- its
- secrets
- and
- find
- the
- best
- ways
- to
- treat
- patients
- and
- cure
- diseases.
- The
- discoveries
- to
- come
- will
- inform
- how
- we
- target
- disease
- treatment,
- how
- we
- understand
- our
- health,
- and
- how
- we
- define
- our
- very identities.
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