The Age of Genomes : Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine (Hardcover)

from ehousewright

I thought this book hit the sweet spot between popular and hard science. The patient stories that serve to center each chapter and topic are well-chosen, interesting and approachable examples, but along with the stories are relatively in-depth scientific details of the diseases and genetic causes...

from Forthwith

I have a problem. How can I express my satisfaction with this book and avoid exaggeration. I have to try. As a graduate student so many years ago, one course was especially intriguing. It was called Behavior Genetics. We studied the Drosophila Melanogaster or common fruit fly which because of it'...

from Jim_Sipe

Likpin provides his readers with a look into the world of DNA and how it can affect our lives, through case studies and examples. He includes a bit of DNA history, medical and identity data related information obtainable from DNA, plus both positive and negative use of DNA. I found this to be a v...

from jamesgwld

Story-telling made this enjoyable for the layman and there was enough science for the amateur scientist. This is not a classic by any means, but a fun little tromp through the area of genomes.

from michaelg16

A very fine companion to the new Siddhartha Mukherjee book on the Gene and in some ways a superior effort. Lipkin offers a very serious reading of what is happening and what is at stake in the dizzyingly replete world of medical genetics and offers both science and narrative to acutely reveal som...