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The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them (vuoden 2021 painos)

Tekijä: Dr. Euan Angus Ashley (Tekijä)

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"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"--… (lisätietoja)
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Teoksen nimi:The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
Kirjailijat:Dr. Euan Angus Ashley (Tekijä)
Info:Celadon Books (2021), Edition: 1, 400 pages
Kokoelmat:Mercantile Library
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I really enjoyed this book which looked at how mapping the genome and crispr have opened up possibilities to cure or even prevent disease. The use of really patients and their life stories made it gripping. The only slightly disappointing thing was that the author's field is cardiology, so most of the stories were related to cardiac problems. There were a few broader ones toward the end, and the cardiac stories were very interesting. Did not really give enough attention to why some worry about the misuse of the knowledge, but there are so many out there who will, perhaps not needed ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
A very good book, quite entertaining, inspirational, informative and if all goes well, very hopeful. Sometimes I felt that it was a forced necessity that every time I introduced someone I had to quote something "curious" about that person, I think the author is quite a political person. ( )
  keplerhc | Jan 22, 2024 |
Thank you to Celadon Books for this ARC!
Dr Ashley has dedicated his life to studying the power of genetics. This book is oozing with his passion not only for science, but for his patients. He shares stories of his patients with rare genetics of all different kinds. Each patient is full of life, and Ashley gives the abstract idea of a genome a very tangible face.
Genetics are an ever growing field, and Dr Ashley has a front row seat. He is from Scotland, but works in Stanford. He and several of his very distinguished colleagues are working tirelessly to personalize medicine based on the patients’ genomes. They are making huge discoveries about genes that control everything from heart valves to cholesterol.
To be honest, I am not a huge fan of nonfiction, science books. However, this one is so genuine that I could not help being involved. There were a lot of different people to remember, and I did lose track of them, especially what the different scientists’ specialties were. But I loved following the families and seeing them get specific diagnoses.
This book infuses the reader with hope and curiosity. They have achieved a lot in the field of genetics, but they have so far to go. And this book leaves me excited to find out what comes in the future! ( )
  alex.reads88 | May 1, 2022 |
This book did a good job of being very informative and still enjoyable. It was very interesting and I actually enjoyed reading it, mainly because I was curious about genome studies and consider myself somewhat of a science buff.
I love it when I read a nonfiction book that’s detailed, but not full of fluff, intriguing and I actually learn something new too.
I feel the author did a good job of explaining things, although there are a few medical terms that a layperson might not understand. Dr. Ashley, in my opinion, maintained a fine line between informative topics and information dump.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about genomes, science, diseases, or just wants to learn about a new topic.
Job well done, Dr. Ashley. ( )
  Kiera_loves_books | Feb 23, 2021 |
Pretty good
At first, I was so sure about this book because while I do love science and learning about this type of stuff, it is sometimes difficult to find a book about it that is enjoyable to read. Fortunately, this book was pretty good.
This book did a good job of being very informative and still being readable. It was very interesting and I actually enjoyed reading it.
I liked reading this book and it was detailed and the stories were very interesting and intriguing. It was really cool to be able to read the stories of these people and there genes and actually learn something new too.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. It was a little bit boring, but that’s to be expected. Other than that it was a good book and a pretty enjoyable read. Though if you are not into medical field stuff, you might want to pass on this because it does have some medical terms and things you might not understand if you have absolutely no knowledge on the subject ( )
  ladybug55 | Feb 12, 2021 |
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"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"--

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