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Loading... One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicineby Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great read. Not too long nor too technical. Was worried I would need a science degree. But not the case. Remarkable mom who took her son through this journey. The medical ramifications of sequencing the genome were fascinating. One day though, they will be doing the sequencing from a skin cell, while I shop, and then sell me stuff to fix my genes. Really crazy stuff. So the book is a great intro read. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher chronicle the story of Nic Volker, the Wisconsin boy at the center of a daring breakthrough in medicine--a complete gene sequencing to discover the cure for an otherwise undiagnosable illness. At just two years old, Nic experienced a searing pain that signaled the awakening of a new and deadly disease. For years, through false starts and failed cures, Nic holds on to life, buoyed up by his mother's fierce drive to get him the care he needs. But when even the world's experts are stumped by Nic's illness, his doctors come up with a radical, long-shot plan: a step into the unknown. The next major scientific frontier, following the completion of the Human Genome Project, was to figure out how to use our new knowledge to save lives--to bring genomic or personalized medicine into reality. The quest is undertaken by researchers around the world, but it is only when geneticist Howard Jacob hears about young Nic that the finish line finally comes into sight: It's no longer a race to make history. It's a race to save this boy's life.--Adapted from dust jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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