Decoding Darkness

The Search For The Genetic Causes Of Alzheimer's Disease

Ann Parson, Rudolph Tanzi (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2001
Perseus Books (Verlag)
978-0-7382-0526-7 (ISBN)

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Working from the intriguing hypothesis that Alzheimer's dementia is the result of a renegade protein-beta amyloid-Tanzi and others set out to find the gene responsible for its production. Decoding Darkness takes us deep into the minds and far-flung labs of many a prominent researcher, offering an intimate view of the high stakes of molecular genetics, the revolution that propels it, the obstacles that threaten to derail it, and the families whose lives are so dependent upon it. Tanzi and Parson ultimately reveal that Alzheimer's, like heart disease, may be effectively treated-even prevented.

Rudolph E. Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Genetics and Aging Unit. Science journalist Ann B. Parson is co-author, with Isaac Schiff, M.D., of Menopause, and until recently taught in Boston University's graduate program in science and journalism.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2002
Verlagsort	Boulder
Sprache	englisch
Maße	222 x 151 mm
Gewicht	412 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7382-0526-5 / 0738205265
ISBN-13	978-0-7382-0526-7 / 9780738205267
Zustand	Neuware