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OverviewFor decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions - 98% of the human genome - were dismissed as 'junk'. But in recent years researchers have discovered that variations in this 'junk' DNA underlie many previously intractable diseases, and they can now generate new approaches to tackling them. Nessa Carey explores, for the first time for a general audience, the incredible story behind a controversy that has generated unusually vituperative public exchanges between scientists. She shows how junk DNA plays an important role in areas as diverse as genetic diseases, viral infections, sex determination in mammals, human biological complexity, disease treatments, even evolution itself - and reveals how we are only now truly unlocking its secrets, more than half a century after Crick and Watson won their Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1962. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nessa CareyPublisher: Icon Books Imprint: Icon Books Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.601kg ISBN: 9781848318267ISBN 10: 184831826 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 05 March 2015 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'A cutting-edge, exhaustive guide to the rapidly changing, ever-more mysterious genome' * New Scientist * 'A cutting-edge, exhaustive guide to the rapidly changing, ever-more mysterious genome' New Scientist Author InformationNessa Carey has a PhD in virology from the University of Edinburgh and worked in the biotech and pharma industry for thirteen years. She is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. Her previous book, The Epigenetics Revolution, was published by Icon Books in 2011. and described as a 'book that would have had Darwin swooning - anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this.' Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |