Genetic disease

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

In The Autism Revolution, Dr. Martha Herbert teaches you how to approach autism as a collection of problems that can be overcome....

As you will learn in Charles Ortleb's historically important audiobook, chronic fatigue syndrome is a potentially fatal illness that is contagious and linked to a deadly virus now suspected to be the cause of many immunological illnesses....

"Living with Cystic Fibrosis: A Family Guide to Managing, Thriving, and Connecting" is an essential resource for anyone affected by cystic fibrosis...

Why do we get cancer? Is it our modern diets and unhealthy habits? Chemicals in the environment? An unwelcome genetic inheritance? Or is it just bad luck? The answer is all of these and none of them. We get cancer because we can’t avoid it - it’s a bug in the system of life itself....

A provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer - and one doctor’s passionate call to action....

Orphan is about the struggle to save the lives of children who, because of an unlucky roll of the genetic dice, are born with any one of several thousand rare genetic disorders....

Introducing "Unraveling the Mysteries of Diseases" - an all-encompassing, in-depth exploration of medical pathophysiology that promises to ...

As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer....

Following their marriage, Dr. Nicklaus Hart and Maggie Russell enjoy the splendor and passion of a honeymoon in Hawaii. They learn that their union has brought new life, but the overflowing joy of Maggie’s pregnancy and their romantic getaway is interrupted....

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....

Among the chapters of this audiobook are: Chapter 1: What is Down syndrome? Chapter 2: Diagnosing Down syndrome Chapter 3: Signs and Symptoms of Down....

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....

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....

Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and Anabel Stenzel tell of their lifelong struggle to pursue normal lives with cystic fibrosis while grappling with the realization that they will die young....

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....

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the world, and the number of individuals living and caring for people suffering from ...

The field of biotechnology has evolved over the past four decades, developing medicines which are curing diseases. But this journey of success has been tough and arduous, built upon the shoulders of major failures....

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....

What is lupus disease? It's a question that has baffled doctors and medical researchers for decades, and there's still not a real good answer to that question. There are many things that one should know about this disease. Lupus is an uncommon disorder that can be quite challenging....