Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being. Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn disease. No one can afford to be ignorant of genetics. This book is the perfect introduction. Read more

Instant National BestsellerAfter suffering for years with unexplainable health issues, Dr. Ben Lynch discovered the root cause—“dirty” genes. Genes can be “born dirty” or merely “act dirty” in response to your environment, diet, or lifestyle—causing lifelong, life-threatening, and chronic health problems, including cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, anxiety, depression, digestive issues, obesity, cancer, and diabetes. Based on his own experience and successfully helping thousands of clients, Dr. Lynch shows you how to identify and optimize both types of dirty genes by cleaning them up with targeted and personalized plans, including healthy eating, good sleep, stress relief, environmental detox, and other holistic and natural means.Many of us believe our genes doom us to the disorders that run in our families. But Dr. Lynch reveals that with the right plan in place, you can eliminate symptoms, and optimize your physical and mental health—and ultimately rewrite your genetic destiny.   Read more

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Dive into the revolutionary world of genetic engineering with "CRISPR Made Easy," a comprehensive guide that demystifies the complex science of CRISPR. Tailored not only for professionals and students in the field but also for anyone with a spark of curiosity about genetic editing, this book delivers knowledge in an engaging and accessible format. With vivid analogies and narratives, it transforms advanced scientific concepts into relatable insights. Whether you're a high school student, a biologist, a tech enthusiast, or an ethicist, this book opens up the groundbreaking possibilities of CRISPR technology in a way that is both enlightening and captivating.Key FeaturesAccessible Content: Complex scientific ideas are simplified through relatable analogies and engaging narratives, making this book ideal for readers of all backgrounds.Comprehensive Coverage: From the basic mechanisms of CRISPR to its applications in medicine and agriculture, and even the ethical debates it sparks, all aspects are covered thoroughly.Chapters IncludedThe Blueprint of Life: Explore the fundamental concepts of genetics and the structure of DNA.Scissors for DNA: The Discovery of CRISPR: Journey through the history and discovery of CRISPR as a groundbreaking tool in genetic engineering.Programming CRISPR: Targeting Genes: Understand how CRISPR can be programmed to target specific genes for editing.CRISPR in Action: Editing Genomes: Witness the practical applications of CRISPR in real-world genetic editing scenarios.CRISPR's Impact on Medicine: Discover how CRISPR is revolutionizing the medical field by enabling precise gene therapy.Beyond Medicine: CRISPR in Agriculture: Learn about the enhancements CRISPR technology is bringing to agriculture, improving crop resilience and yield.The Ethics of Editing: CRISPR's Controversies: Engage with the ethical considerations and debates surrounding the use of CRISPR technology.The Horizon of CRISPR: What's Next?: Speculate on the future developments and potential new frontiers for CRISPR technology."CRISPR Made Easy" serves as both an introduction and an in-depth exploration of one of the most fascinating scientific advancements of our time. It invites readers to grasp the profound implications of CRISPR, enabling not just understanding but also participation in the discussions shaping the future of our world. Open this book to decode the complexities of life’s blueprint and step into the era where science fiction transitions to science fact. Read more

Practical, approachable, and perfect for today’s busy medical students and practitioners, BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, 8th Edition, provides a comprehensive yet concise review to help ensure excellence on class exams and the USMLE Step 1. The renowned Board Review Series outline format offers efficient content review enhanced by key learning aids, clinical correlations, and USMLE-style questions to reinforce understanding and test preparation. Aligned with recent changes in medical education and board exams, this updated edition emphasizes clinically relevant information to boost confidence and support a smooth transition to medical practice. Read more

Genetics Made Easy is not just a book; it's a journey into the heart of what makes us who we are. Written with the non-scientist in mind, it offers a refreshing approach to understanding the complex world of genetics. From the spirals of DNA to the marvels of gene editing, this book unfolds the mysteries of genetics with clarity, simplicity, and profound insight.Dive into the Chapters:The Alphabet of Life: DNA - Begin your journey with the basic building blocks of life, learning how DNA forms the script of our existence.Reading the Genetic Script: From DNA to Traits - Discover how genetic information is translated into the traits that define every organism.Blueprints and Architects: Genetics in Development - Explore the role of genetics in development and how it shapes organisms from conception to maturity.Genetic Editors: Mutation and Variation - Understand the mechanisms behind genetic mutations and the importance of variation for survival and evolution.Interwoven Destinies: Epigenetics and Environment - Delve into the interplay between genetics and the environment, and how external factors can influence gene expression.The Librarian's Code: Genetic Inheritance - Unravel the complexities of genetic inheritance and how traits are passed down through generations.Molecular Scissors: The Revolution of CRISPR - Get acquainted with CRISPR, the groundbreaking gene-editing technology that is reshaping the future of medicine and biology.The Future of Genetics: Ethics and Possibilities - Reflect on the ethical considerations and the vast potential that genetic research holds for humanity.Introduction to Genetics Made Easy:Embark on an enlightening expedition through the world of genetics, where complex concepts are made accessible through vivid examples, engaging analogies, and compelling explanations. This book is designed to clear the fog that often surrounds genetic science, illuminating each topic with the clarity of the morning sun."Genetics Made Easy" is crafted for anyone eager to understand the language of life, whether you're a student, a professional in the medical or biotech fields, or simply curious about the genetic codes that write our existence. With a narrative as warm and inviting as a conversation with a friend, this book promises to open your mind and stir your sense of wonder.Why You Need This Book:For clarity: If genetics has always seemed like a dense forest of acronyms and abstract theories, this book is your path to understanding.For curiosity: Feed your curiosity about how life is written and rewritten at the molecular level.For appreciation: Gain a deeper appreciation for the intricate dance of nature's elements that weave the fabric of life.Takeaway:"Genetics Made Easy" invites you on an adventure into the genetic universe, promising not just knowledge but a profound appreciation for the beauty and complexity of life. Your journey into genetics starts now, and it promises to be as thrilling as it is enlightening. Welcome aboard. Read more

Named a best book of the year by Amazon, NPR, and KirkusWeaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia delivers an intimate, gripping tale that sits at the intersection of memoir and medical thrillerIngrassia lost his mother, two sisters, brother, and nephew to cancer—different cancers developing at different points throughout their lives. And while highly unusual, his family is not the only one to wonder whether their heartbreak is the result of unbelievable bad luck, or if there might be another explanation.Through meticulous research and riveting storytelling, Ingrassia takes us from the 1960s—when Dr. Frederick Pei Li and Dr. Joseph Fraumeni Jr. first met, not yet knowing that they would help make a groundbreaking discovery that would affect cancer patients for decades to come—to present day, as Ingrassia and countless others continue to unpack and build upon Li and Fraumeni’s initial discoveries, and to understand what this means for their families.In the face of seemingly unbearable loss, Ingrassia holds onto hope. He urges us to “fight like Charlie,” his nephew who battled cancer his entire life starting with a rare tumor in his cheek at the age of two—and to look toward the future, as gene sequencing, screening protocols, CRISPR gene editing, and other developing technologies may continue to extend lifespans and perhaps, one day, even offer cures. Read more

Two-thirds of the American population are overweight or obese and suffering from chronic diseases directly related to our lifestyle choices.We live in a healthcare system that goes for quick fixes and medications instead of long-term solutions to solve problems. With all the information out there on fad diets and pills to quickly get to your goal of losing weight, we have realized that your health and wellness doesn’t come with an owner's manual.No matter how different our genes or life experiences may be, or how differently our plastic brains are wired by our experience, we have to deal with our immediate reality. And this is why this book applies to almost everyone.Dr. Torres specializes in diagnosing and treating patients with spine-related pain syndromes and osteoarthritis of multiple joints. He has authored and co-authored more than six books and multiple articles published in various medical journals. He has also participated in several clinical research studies. Dr.Torres is also the President and Medical Director of The Florida Spine Institute Wellness Program. As a trained age-management physician, he works with patients to prevent age-related diseases by optimizing health and longevity.This book was sparked by Dr. Torres' agony as a teenager growing up being overweight. He felt a strong desire to understand how we can reprogram our internal operating system in order to obtain long-lasting results without the need for restrictive and complicated diets.Genes only function when they are activated or expressed. What determines whether the obesity gene is activated comes down to our choices, diet and exercise being major influencers.We will explore whether we can turn the disease switch on or off by supplementing diet, minimizing stress, or giving epigenetically relevant pro-drugs or supplements. The hope is that we can permanently flip the system back to lean in one shot.Understanding more about the epigenetics underlying obesity could help to introduce preventions based on lifestyle changes which may be able to modify our epigenetic marks and improve health. Read more

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solvedproblems, and practice exercises to test your skills.This Schaum's Outline gives you450 fully solved problemsComplete review of all course fundamentalsHundreds of examples with explanations of genetics conceptsExercises to help you test your mastery of geneticsFully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time--and get your best test scores!Topics include: The Physical Basis of Heredity; Patterns of Inheritance; The Biochemical Casis of Heredity; Genetic Interactions; The Genetics of Sex; Linkage and Chromosome Mapping; Cytogenetics; Quantitative Genetics; Population Genetics and Evolution; Genetics of Bacteria; Viruses, Transposable Elements, and Cancer; Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology; and The Molecular Biology of EukaryotesSchaum's Outlines--Problem Solved. Read more

Recommended by Bill Gates and included in GatesNotes "Elaborating on the science as well as the business behind the fight against cystic fibrosis, Trivedi captures the emotions of the families, doctors, and scientists involved in the clinical trials and their 'weeping with joy' as new drugs are approved, and shows how cystic fibrosis, once a 'death sentence,' became, for many, a manageable condition. This is a rewarding and challenging work." —Publishers Weekly Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the key to healing millions with genetic diseases of every type—from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and sickle cell anemia. In 1974, Joey O'Donnell was born with strange symptoms. His insatiable appetite, incessant vomiting, and a relentless cough—which shook his tiny, fragile body and made it difficult to draw breath—confounded doctors and caused his parents agonizing, sleepless nights. After six sickly months, his salty skin provided the critical clue: he was one of thousands of Americans with cystic fibrosis, an inherited lung disorder that would most likely kill him before his first birthday. The gene and mutation responsible for CF were found in 1989—discoveries that promised to lead to a cure for kids like Joey. But treatments unexpectedly failed and CF was deemed incurable. It was only after the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a grassroots organization founded by parents, formed an unprecedented partnership with a fledgling biotech company that transformative leaps in drug development were harnessed to produce groundbreaking new treatments: pills that could fix the crippled protein at the root of this deadly disease. From science writer Bijal P. Trivedi, Breath from Salt chronicles the riveting saga of cystic fibrosis, from its ancient origins to its identification in the dank autopsy room of a hospital basement, and from the CF gene's celebrated status as one of the first human disease genes ever discovered to the groundbreaking targeted genetic therapies that now promise to cure it. Told from the perspectives of the patients, families, physicians, scientists, and philanthropists fighting on the front lines, Breath from Salt is a remarkable story of unlikely scientific and medical firsts, of setbacks and successes, and of people who refused to give up hope—and a fascinating peek into the future of genetics and medicine. Read more

In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Euan Ashley, Stanford professor of medicine and genetics, brings the breakthroughs of precision medicine to vivid life through the real diagnostic journeys of his patients and the tireless efforts of his fellow doctors and scientists as they hunt to prevent, predict, and beat disease.Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the price of genome sequencing has dropped at a staggering rate. It’s as if the price of a Ferrari went from $350,000 to a mere forty cents. Through breakthroughs made by Dr. Ashley’s team at Stanford and other dedicated groups around the world, analyzing the human genome has decreased from a heroic multibillion dollar effort to a single clinical test costing less than $1,000. For the first time we have within our grasp the ability to predict our genetic future, to diagnose and prevent disease before it begins, and to decode what it really means to be human.In The Genome Odyssey, Dr. Ashley details the medicine behind genome sequencing with clarity and accessibility. More than that, with passion for his subject and compassion for his patients, he introduces readers to the dynamic group of researchers and doctor detectives who hunt for answers, and to the pioneering patients who open up their lives to the medical community during their search for diagnoses and cures. He describes how he led the team that was the first to analyze and interpret a complete human genome, how they broke genome speed records to diagnose and treat a newborn baby girl whose heart stopped five times on the first day of her life, and how they found a boy with tumors growing inside his heart and traced the cause to a missing piece of his genome.These patients inspire Dr. Ashley and his team as they work to expand the boundaries of our medical capabilities and to envision a future where genome sequencing is available for all, where medicine can be tailored to treat specific diseases and to decode pathogens like viruses at the genomic level, and where our medical system as we know it has been completely revolutionized. Read more

Genetics Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide to DNA, Inheritance and Molecular BiologyFundamental Concepts, Genetic Variability, and Advances in HeredityBy Frank O. Faulkner, PhDGenetics is the cornerstone of modern biology, shaping our understanding of life, evolution, and human health. Genetics Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide to DNA, Inheritance, and Molecular Biology is an authoritative and accessible resource that unravels the complexities of heredity, genetic variation, and molecular mechanisms that define living organisms.This book serves as an essential reference for students, researchers, and healthcare professionals seeking a deep yet practical grasp of genetics. It systematically explores fundamental principles while integrating the latest advancements in genetic research, biotechnology, and personalized medicine.Key Features:Comprehensive Coverage of Genetic Foundations: Delve into the structure and function of DNA, RNA, and proteins, understanding their pivotal roles in gene expression and regulation.Inheritance Patterns and Genetic Variation: Learn how Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance influence traits, diseases, and population genetics.Cutting-Edge Molecular Biology Insights: Explore gene editing techniques, next-generation sequencing, and CRISPR technology’s revolutionary impact on medicine and biotechnology.Genomic Medicine and Ethical Considerations: Understand the implications of genetic discoveries in personalized medicine, gene therapy, and ethical dilemmas in genetic engineering.Genetic Disorders and Clinical Applications: Gain insights into the genetic basis of diseases, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic approaches.Evolutionary and Population Genetics: Investigate how genetic diversity drives evolution and natural selection, shaping the living world.With its clear explanations, in-depth analysis, and real-world applications, Genetics Essentials bridges the gap between foundational knowledge and modern innovations in genetics. Whether you are a student embarking on your genetic studies, a researcher exploring DNA technologies, or a clinician seeking to understand the genetic basis of diseases, this book provides an indispensable guide to mastering the field of genetics.Unlock the secrets of heredity and genetic science with Genetics Essentials—a definitive resource for understanding the past, present, and future of genetics. Read more

Bigger Leaner Stronger Grab Your Copy Today To Get The Video Training And More Bunus 8 Min Abs Workout How To Have Six PackBest Chest Workout - 30 Minutes RoutineThe 10 Best Exercises To Lose Weight This book contains a complete guide to the art of Calisthenics. It aims to promote calisthenics as the most perfect way to strengthen your body and build your body muscle and strength. Frequent exercise can generally improve the state of your health. The act of working out your body has been around forever, and the art of calisthenics is the same in that sense. Calisthenics is a form of exercise that makes you use your own body weight to build and create muscle. It includes a wide range and variety of exercises that focuses on the gross motor movements of the body. These movements most often include rhythmical actions without the help of any exercise equipment and apparatus to train your body. Calisthenics includes common movements such as bending, pulling yourself up as well as pulling yourself down, swinging or jumping: movements that requires the use of your own body weight to increase your resistance and body strength, as well as to improve your flexibility and body fitness. These exercises go well together with stretching. Continuous execution of calisthenics exercises can enhance your aerobic and muscular conditioning, as well as helping you to improve your balance, coordination, agility, and other psychomotor skills. I hope that this book will inspire you to take on this amazing art and inspire you to start your way towards being physically fit. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... What Is Calisthenics Work OutWhy Choose It Over Other WorkoutThe Three Secrets of CalisthenicsTips Before StartingBeginner RoutinesIntermediate RoutinesExpert RoutinesKiller Abs WorkoutHow to Keep MotivatedSupplements and Food ChoicesMuch, much more! Thanks again for downloading this book, I hope you enjoy it! Read more

UPDATED VERSION! The 85% Solution The newest book from best-selling (10 #1 books on Amazon) author Dan Purser MD. Learn how most of the US population carries the gene for this mysterious disorder – MTHFR -- and up to 15% actually have the disease – they have methylation problems, folate deficiency, and lack of methylfolate in their diet and it’s killing them, and possibly you. (Folic acid is toxic to you and the right folate, the safe folate -- natural methylfolate -- is necessary.) Learn about the meaning of MTHFR Heterozygous, C677T, MTHFR Homozygous, A1298C, folate depression, as you find out how to use a MTHFR Protocol for each disease, use natural folate, methylfolate dosage, MTHFR vitamins, and how to diagnose or figure out if you have MTHFR disease, giving you AMAZING relief in this UNIQUE MTHFR Book by famous medical author, Dan Purser MD. Have you had problems with depression but most anti-depressants made it worse? Birth control pill problem or they’ve FLIPPED you or a loved one completely out and were quickly stopped? Are you fatigued all the time but despise stimulants and amphetamines which doctors seem to readily prescribe? Regular vitamins give you a gut ache and nausea and make you feel worse? Do you need to drink energy drinks just to stay awake? And you’re only 23? Why? Also, treatment protocols are discussed and new and cheaper and easier way to make the correct diagnosis are detailed and explained – many lab examples are also given. Get it now – today! And start feeling the clarity, and energy for the first time in your life! Read more

Up to date and extensively revised to reflect recent advances in the genetics of common diseases, as well as current progress in gene therapy, Medical Genetics, 6th Edition, delivers easy-to-read, highly visual coverage of this rapidly changing field. This accessible, practical text integrates key concepts with clinical practice, highlighted by numerous illustrations, tables, concept summaries, and more – all designed to enhance effective learning and retention of complex material. Discusses current topics including polygenic risk scores and their potential applications for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, and the latest sequencing technologies and their clinical application in genetic testing and diagnosis.Offers a completely updated discussion of genetic testing modalities and applications.Includes convenient concept summaries, more than 230 photographs, illustrations, and tables, as well as patient/family vignettes that present valuable perspectives on disease and treatment.Features Clinical Commentary boxes that demonstrate how the hard science of genetics has real applications to everyday patient problems, preparing you for problem-based integrated courses.Illustrates key concepts with disease examples to demonstrate relevance to medicine.Provides study questions for self-assessment, as well as 200 additional USMLE-style questions online.Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Read more

Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of the scientific imagination.’ J.G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph’Not so much divination as demystification… An attempt to bring genetics and evolution more into the public domain. If, for instance, you ever wondered just what genetic engineering is about, here is as good a place as any to discover. Few have Jones’s ability to communicate a difficult idea with such humour, clarity, precision and ease.’ Laurence Hurst, Times Higher‘Sensitive to the social issues raised by genetics… yet Jones’s interest reaches beyond contemporary social issues to the human past, to what genetics can and cannot tell us about our evolution and patterns of social development. He interleaves a broad knowledge of biology with considerations of cultural, demographic and – as his title indicates – linguistic history. At once instructive and captivating.’ Daniel J.Kevles, London Review of Books Read more

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. Cancer exists in nearly every animal and has afflicted humans as long as our species has walked the earth. In Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal, Kat Arney reveals the secrets of our most formidable medical enemy, most notably the fact that it isn't so much a foreign invader as a double agent: cancer is hardwired into the fundamental processes of life. New evidence shows that this disease is the result of the same evolutionary changes that allowed us to thrive. Evolution helped us outsmart our environment, and it helps cancer outsmart its environment as well—alas, that environment is us. Explaining why "everything we know about cancer is wrong," Arney, a geneticist and award-winning science writer, guides readers with her trademark wit and clarity through the latest research into the cellular mavericks that rebel against the rigid biological "society" of the body and make a leap towards anarchy. We need to be a lot smarter to defeat such a wily foe—smarter even than Darwin himself. In this new world, where we know that every cancer is unique and can evolve its way out of trouble, the old models of treatment have reached their limits. But we are starting to decipher cancer's secret evolutionary playbook, mapping the landscapes in which these rogue cells survive, thrive, or die, and using this knowledge to predict and confound cancer's next move. Rebel Cell is a story about life and death, hope and hubris, nature and nurture. It's about a new way of thinking about what this disease really is and the role it plays in human life. Above all, it's a story about where cancer came from, where it's going, and how we can stop it. Read more

Egoístas, inmortales y viajeras explora el pasado, la realidad actual y el futuro de una enfermedad que, en términos estrictos, no es una única entidad sino más de doscientas distintas, tantas como tipos celulares construyen los diferentes órganos y tejidos de nuestro cuerpo.Discutiremos en primer lugar el origen del cáncer, una cuestión que hasta una fecha reciente no tuvo una respuesta concreta y de la que hoy podemos decir que es una enfermedad de los genes en el planeta de los genes. Esta enfermedad causa la transformación celular, en virtud de la cual una célula normal se convierte en una entidad egoísta que crece sin freno, inmortal que desoye las señales de muerte recibidas por las células dañadas y viajera, capaz de abandonar su tejido de origen y colonizar otros territorios para formar las metástasis. Nuestro indeseado e indeseable lugar preferente entre las víctimas de los tumores malignos deriva no solo de los errores intrínsecos a la copia de nuestro material genético, sino de nuestra absurda perseverancia en crear formas de interferencia biológica que han multiplicado nuestro riesgo natural de padecer cáncer. La exposición voluntaria a agentes cancerígenos, la alimentación inadecuada o la contaminación creciente del ambiente interfieren con una armonía molecular que necesitó más de tres mil quinientos millones de años para asentarse y llegar a construir seres tan complejos como los humanos.A continuación, discutiremos cómo la biología molecular, esa joven disciplina surgida tras el descubrimiento de la estructura en doble hélice del ADN, intuyó que podía proporcionar nuevas ideas frente a un mal muy antiguo, e inició una etapa de continuos avances en el estudio de las causas y los mecanismos del cáncer. Esta nueva era de conocimiento ha cristalizado en los últimos años en innovadoras terapias contra el cáncer que ya nos regalan salud y vida. Además, expondremos los logros y las fronteras actuales de la inmunoterapia, una de las grandes promesas en el tratamiento de los tumores malignos.Conocer para curar es la premisa fundamental bajo la que están escritas todas las páginas de este libro, pero también es importante que este conocimiento sirva para fomentar la prevención. Por ello, Egoístas, inmortales y viajeras incluye un apartado sobre la prevención del cáncer en el que explicaremos cómo influye la alimentación en el riesgo de padecer un tumor maligno. Además, comentaremos cómo una nutrición adecuada puede contribuir a mejorar la evolución clínica de los tumores o favorecer las respuestas a los tratamientos. Por último, expondremos otras estrategias para prevenir el cáncer y discutiremos la importancia de alejar nuestras vidas de cualquier fuente de toxicidad, incluyendo la humana, para mejorar el bienestar emocional y construir barreras preventivas contra la transformación maligna.Finalmente, Carlos López-Otín afrontará la pregunta de cuál es el futuro del cáncer. Asumiendo que el avance de las nuevas terapias hace que, hoy y de manera general, sea más probable sobrevivir al cáncer que sucumbir a esta enfermedad, el autor tratará de mostrar a los lectores que la pregunta que debemos responder no es si el cáncer tiene futuro sino cómo será el cáncer del futuro y cómo nos enfrentaremos a su llamada. Read more

How race became embedded in a medical instrument In the antebellum South, plantation physicians used a new medical device—the spirometer—to show that lung volume and therefore vital capacity were supposedly less in black slaves than in white citizens. At the end of the Civil War, a large study of racial difference employing the spirometer appeared to confirm the finding, which was then applied to argue that slaves were unfit for freedom. What is astonishing is that this example of racial thinking is anything but a historical relic.In Breathing Race into the Machine, science studies scholar Lundy Braun traces the little-known history of the spirometer to reveal the social and scientific processes by which medical instruments have worked to naturalize racial and ethnic differences, from Victorian Britain to today. Routinely a factor in clinical diagnoses, preemployment physicals, and disability estimates, spirometers are often “race corrected,” typically reducing normal values for African Americans by 15 percent.An unsettling account of the pernicious effects of racial thinking that divides people along genetic lines, Breathing Race into the Machine helps us understand how race enters into science and shapes medical research and practice. Honorable Mention, 2017 Rachel Carson Prize, Society for the Social Studies of Science Winner of the 2018 Ludwik Fleck Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science Read more