Genomics and Clinical Medicine
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$225.00 (05)Description
An important milestone in medicine has been the recent completion of the Human Genome Project. The identification of 30,000 genes and their regulatory proteins provides the framework for understanding the metabolic basis of disease. This advance has also laid the foundation for a broad range of genomic tools that have opened the way for targeted genetic testing in a number of medical disorders. This book is designed to be the first major text to discuss genomics-based advances in disease susceptibility, diagnosis, prognostication,and prediction of treatment outcomes in various areas of medicine. After building a strong underpinning in the basic concepts of genomics, the authors of this book, all leaders in the field, proceed to discuss a wide range of clinical areas and the applications now afforded by genomic analysis.Reviews
"I have read the Genomics and Clinical Medicine proposal. In brief, I like it. The goal stated is ambitious and the authors listed are excellent."--Charles Scriver, Alva Professor Emeritus of Genetics, McGill University
"Genomics and Clinical Medicine has much to offer."--Mark S. Boguski, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, in New England Journal of Medicine
"Dr. Kumar is to be congratulated on having assembled such a distinguished group of contributors, and as Francis S. Collins in the Foreword mentions, such a book including both principles and specific applications of genetics and genomics to medicine is needed given the fact that the majority of physicians will have had little or no training in these areas."--Human Genetics
"The plan is a comprehensive attempt to cover the applications of genomics and related areas to clinical medicine. Dr. Kumar has read widely and thought carefully about current work in many areas of medicine. He has developed an excellent set of chapters with appropriate authors. The book will be of great interest to physician-scientists and biological scientists who want an overview of the current status of potential applications of genomics to medicine."--Arno Motulsky, Professor Emeritus (Active) of Medical Genetics, University of Washington
"Clearly, this is timely, and geneticists and clinicians both need a ready reference to the present state of the art. The outline is excellent. Spectacular individuals have been chosen for the chapters. Dhavendra Kumar is a very conscientious clinical geneticist and has the perspective of the application of these areas to put into practice. I think it would actually be a very useful and timely volume, and in fact I don't think there is anything similar available."--Judith Hall, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
"The plan is a comprehensive attempt to cover the applications of genomics and related areas to clinical medicine. Dr. Kumar has read widely and thought carefully about current work in many areas of medicine. He has developed an excellent set of chapters with appropriate authors. The book will be of great interest to physician-scientists and biological scientists who want an overview of the current status of potential applications of genomics to medicine."--Arno Motulsky, Professor Emeritus (Active) of Medical Genetics, University of Washington
"Clearly, this is timely, and geneticists and clinicians both need a ready reference to the present state of the art. The outline is excellent. Spectacular individuals have been chosen for the chapters. Dhavendra Kumar is a very conscientious clinical geneticist and has the perspective of the application of these areas to put into practice. I think it would actually be a very useful and timely volume, and in fact I dont think there is anything similar available."--Judith Hall, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
"Genomics and Clinical Medicine has much to offer...[and] could be used during the first or second year of medical school to provide and underpinning of genomics as a unifying theme to the diverse array of topics that are typically taught at this time. Basic researchers and curious clinicians will also find a lot to learn and perhaps build on."--New England Journal of Medicine
About the Author(s)
Dhavendra Kumar, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Institute of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, and David Weatherall, Professor and Honorary Director, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford (Emeritus)
