The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalised MedicineWe are in the midst of a medical revolution: in just a few years, we will be able to have our complete DNA sequenced at an affordable cost. Analysing the content of our genomes will allow a powerful estimate of our future risks of illness - from cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease, to cancer and diabetes - which will help us devise our own personalised blueprint of preventive medicine. This will have enormous implications on everything from our day-to-day choices like diet and exercise, to childbearing and health insurance - and it may even challenge what we thought we knew about our ethnic histories. |
Contents
The Future Has already Happened | 1 |
When Genes Go Wrong it Gets Personal | 23 |
is it Time to learn Your own secrets? | 59 |
Getting Personal with the Big c | 98 |
Whats race Got to Do with it? | 142 |
Genes and Germs | 165 |
Genes and the Brain | 183 |
Genes and aging | 211 |
The right Drug at the right Dose for | 231 |
a Vision for the Future | 251 |
Glossary | 281 |
Genetics 101 | 291 |
a Brief Personal History | 299 |
rational Drug Development | 307 |
services Provided by Directto | 315 |
Other editions - View all
The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine Francis S. Collins Limited preview - 2009 |
The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine Francis S. Collins Limited preview - 2010 |
The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine Francis S. Collins No preview available - 2011 |