Genetic disease

Laura Rothenberg is 21 years old, but, as she likes to say, she already had her mid-life crisis a couple of years ago; and even then it was a few years late. Laura has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs. People with CF live an average of 30 years....

Human beings have astonishing genetic vulnerabilities. More than half of us will die from complex diseases that trace directly to those vulnerabilities, and the modern world we've created places us at unprecedented risk from them....

Is the end of HIV upon us?...

Testosterone propels our drive for exploration and risk, for competition and creation, and even our survival. The effects of testosterone permeate the traditions, philosophy, and literature of every known culture - without it, the world would be a drastically different place....

Since 2010, it has been possible to determine a person's genetic makeup in a matter of days at an accessible cost for many millions of people....

Would you like your child or the children in your classroom to understand more about Down syndrome? Are you looking for an engaging way to start a dialogue about Down syndrome....

Cancer can result from abnormal proliferation of any of the different kinds of cells in the body, so there are more than 100 distinct types of cancer, which can vary substantially in their behavior and response to treatment. Cancer occurs when cell division gets out of control....

Not all that long ago, the diagnosis of CF meant an early death. Tim Wotton is one such sufferer, who was told from an early age that he would not live beyond his 17th birthday....

Andrea Ott-Dahl, who with her partner Keston Ott-Dahl has two other children, agreed to act as a pregnancy surrogate for a wealthy Silicon Valley family....

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science....

In GATTACA Has Fallen: how population genetics failed the populace, Dr. Ian Myles explains that the root of all of these issues is the belief that genetics meaningfully guide our fate....

Immune explores the incredible arsenal that lives within us - how it knows what to attack and what to defend and how it kills everything from the common cold to the plague bacterium....

Are selfishness and individuality basic to biological nature? Does a "selfish gene" create universial sexual conflict? Perhaps not....

Dr. Jebelli explores the past, present and future of Alzheimer's, starting from the beginning - the first recorded case more than 100 years ago - up to the cutting-edge research being done today....

This eBook explores the revolutionary field of gene therapy and its potential to transform the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. From its...

Step into the fascinating world of genetic counseling with "Illuminating Paths"! This comprehensive eBook is your ultimate guide to nature's ...

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species....

Since the birth of civilization, human beings have manipulated other life-forms. We have selectively bred plants and animals for thousands of years....

Sixteen years ago, Juli Boit, a 25-year-old nurse practitioner, moved from Los Angeles to a small village in Kenya to be a part of an HIV program. In 2009, she founded a hospice called Kimbilio where men, women, and children come either to heal or to be loved until they die....

Thaïs is almost two. Like most well-loved children, she is happy. She laughs as she runs on the beach. But her footprints in the sand, with toes turned out, tell a different story....