The Language of Life

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His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease * President Barack Obama * He is a first-rate, entertaining expositor * Kirkus * Does a superb job of humanizing a complex scientific and medical subject * Starred Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week * With his prose reflecting a palpable excitement at the prospects of this new form of medicine ... Collins combines uplifting cases of direly afflicted people who benefited from knowledge gained by genetic screening, with exhortation of the reader to learn about and take advantage of existing and developing techniques of genetic screening * Booklist * A wonderfully crafted series of scientific stories... It is, indeed, the storytelling that is most compelling. Written in the first person, and often lapsing into the second person, the book gives one the sense of being in a private session with a thoughtful physician who is willing to explain things properly... a jewel of a book... Francis Collins has done a great service to society by writing The Language of Life -- Edison T Liu * Nature Medicine * [Collins'] excellent treatise empowers readers to understand the revolution, make use of it and push for policy change. The Language of Life is timely, current and full of moving stories * Nature * What makes this book stand out is the wealth of personal stories of tragedy and triumph over disease... timely indeed * BBC Focus * Collins is a highly knowledgeable guide to an emerging area of medicine... an excellent book -- Peter Aldhous * New Scientist * He is the Pete Seeger of molecular biology. When he has made a great discovery he writes a song about it ... In his new book, he is here to tell us that the era of personalised genetic testing is nigh. No one could be a more authoritative messenger than Collins ... For someone so powerful, Collins has an engagingly modest and open style. -- Peter Forbes * Guardian * He writes as a scientist with a passion for medical progress -- Andrew Jack * Financial Times *