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"This very readable overview of the rise and transformations of medical genetics and of the eugenic impulses that have been inspired by the emerging understanding of the genetic basis of many diseases and disabilities is based on a popular nonmajors course, ""Social Implications of Genetics,"" that Gillham gave for many years at Duke University. The book is suitable for use as a text in similar overview courses about genes and social issues or genes and disease. It gives a good overview of the developments and status of this field for a wide range of biomedical researchers, physicians, and students, especially those interested in the prospects for the new, genetics-based personalized medicine."

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Author:   Nicholas Wright Gillham
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Financial TImes Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780137075447

ISBN 10:   0137075448
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   14 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface     ix Chapter 1: Hunting for disease genes     1 Chapter 2: How genetic diseases arise     25 Chapter 3: Ethnicity and genetic disease     55 Chapter 4: Susceptibility genes and risk factors     81 Chapter 5: Genes and cancer     103 Chapter 6: Genes and behavior     129 Chapter 7: Genes and IQ: an unfinished story     151 Chapter 8: Preventing genetic disease     175 Chapter 9: Treating genetic disease     199 Chapter 10: The dawn of personalized medicine     235 Postscript: a cautionary note     249 References and notes     253 Glossary     293 Some useful human genetics Web sites     307 Acknowledgments     309 About the author     311 Index     313

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Nicholas Wright Gillham is James B. Duke Professor of Biology Emeritus. His research interests involved the genetics and molecular biology of cellular organelles called chloroplasts and mitochondria. For more than a decade he taught a course entitled “The Social Implications of Genetics.” This course fostered his interest in eugenics, human genetics, and their history. He has authored two books on chloroplasts and mitochondria plus a biography of the Victorian scientist Francis Galton entitled, A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics (Oxford University Press, 2001).

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