Language of Life
DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine
1st Edition
Published on 16. February 2010
368 pages
978-0-06-196349-0 (ISBN)
Description
"His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease. Barack Obama From Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, 2007 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 15-year head of the Human Genome Project, comes one of the most important medical books of the year: The Language of Life. With accessible, insightful prose, Dr. Collins describes the medical, scientific, and genetic revolution that is currently unlocking the secrets of personalized medicine, and offers practical advice on how to utilize these discoveries for you and your familys current and future health and well-being. In the words of Dr. Jerome Groopman (How Doctors Think), The Language of Life sets out hope without hype, and will enrich the mind and uplift the heart.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Searchable Terms
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Other Books by Francis S. Collins
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
