Demystify the little genes that control our lives
The brain may forget, but genes don't
Gene Universe
Author: Edwin Kirk
Translator: Zhang Qingmei
Publisher: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House | Kuwei Culture
Do we really have memories left by our ancestors in our genes? Have you done genetic testing and screening? What conditions can be triggered by genetic problems? Can genetic modification create "perfect humans"?
Genes are the basis for the construction of life, it records the whole process of each person's conception, inheritance, mutation, growth, apoptosis, etc., and is closely related to the origin, survival, reproduction, evolution and future of life. It is the ultimate direction of modern medicine and the biggest topic of scientific development. But aside from the tiny size of the gene, we probably don't know anything about it...
The book "Gene Universe" uses an easy-to-understand popular science method to review the perseverance of human research process and exciting research results, helping readers to fully understand everything about genes.
Is cancer genetically linked? Can genetic defects be "dietary therapy"? How to give birth to a healthy baby? What are some of the problems you must pay attention to? How to reject "family genetic diseases"? How to prepare for pregnancy? As a doctor, the author uses many real cases of personal experience to tell the importance of genes to human beings, sort out the complex relationship between genes and health, and how to prevent and treat various diseases through genetic screening and other ways, how to benefit future generations, which is more important to ordinary families, and is a rare and practical genetic science book, so that you can really apply what you have learned and combine knowledge and action.
【About the Author】
Edwin Kirk: Internationally renowned scholar with dual identities as a clinical geneticist and genetic pathologist. He is a clinician who has worked at Sydney Children's Hospital for more than 20 years and has treated countless children; he is an experienced medical educator who is currently the Chief Examiner of Genetics at the Royal Australian College of Pathology; and he is a highly respected researcher who conducts research at the Healthy Pathogenomics Laboratory in New South Wales, specializing in cardiac genetics, metabolic diseases, intellectual disabilities and research on the screening of carriers of childbearing age. Now living in Sydney with his wife and three children, he enjoys swimming competitions at sea and playing saxophones in his spare time.
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