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Language of Life : DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine by Francis S. Collins (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061733172
ISBN-139780061733178
eBay Product ID (ePID)72089918
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLanguage of Life : D N A and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine
Publication Year2010
SubjectLife Sciences / Molecular Biology, Health Care Delivery, Genetics, General, Pharmacology
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrancis S. Collins
Subject AreaScience, Medical
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-025832
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease." -- President Barack Obama "The future of customized medicine is in your DNA; don't wait until you are sick to learn why." -- Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of You: The Owner's Manual "With fluid prose and compelling narratives, Francis Collins makes modern medical science vivid and accessible. This book sets out hope without hype, and will enrich the mind and uplift the heart." -- Jerome Groopman, M.D., Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School, Author of How Doctors Think "Man's knowledge of man is undergoing the greatest revolution since Leonardo, and Francis Collins is at the leading edge of it. I am a better doctor today because Dr. Collins was my genetics professor in medical school, and now, the world gets to benefit from his wisdom by reading The Language of Life." -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Neurosurgeon at Emory University and Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, With fluid prose and compelling narratives, Francis Collins makes modern medical science vivid and accessible. This book sets out hope without hype, and will enrich the mind and uplift the heart., Man's knowledge of man is undergoing the greatest revolution since Leonardo, and Francis Collins is at the leading edge of it. I am a better doctor today because Dr. Collins was my genetics professor in medical school, and now, the world gets to benefit from his wisdom by reading The Language of Life.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal616/.042
Synopsis"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 family's 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.", "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 family's 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.", "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 family's 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."
LC Classification NumberRB155.65.C65 2009
