Gene Therapy (Health and Medical Issues Today) - Hardcover

Kelly, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313337608 ISBN 13: 9780313337604

Verlag: Greenwood, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. Websites and weblogs provide information from activists and partisans intent on presenting their side of a story. But where can students - or even ordinary citizens - go to obtain unbiased, detailed background on the medical issues affecting their daily lives? This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides readers and researchers a balanced, in-depth introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, and cultural issues surrounding gene therapy and its import in today's world of healthcare.

Gene Therapy is organized to provide researchers with easy access to the information they need. Section 1 provides overview chapters on the background information needed to intelligently understand the issues and controversies surrounding gene therapy, such as the history of theories of the gene and recent developments in clinical trials. Section 2 offers capsule examinations of the contemporary issues and debates that provoke the most heated disagreements and misunderstandings, such as whether or not humans should tinker with genetic material and who pays for genetic therapies. Section 3 includes reference material on stem cells, including primary source documents from important players in the struggle over gene therapy, a timeline of important events, and an annotated bibliography of useful print and electronic resources. This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides everything a student requires to understand the issues involved in gene therapy and provides a springboard for further research into the issue.

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Evelyn Kelly, a resident of Ocala, Florida, is a writer, speaker, and teacher. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, a master's degree in religion, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee. Her education and interests are diverse. Her undergraduate studies included microbiology, English, and history. Evelyn has written twenty-two books on such topics as stem cells and a two-volume encyclopedia of genetics. Evelyn has taught at four universities. She speaks and writes on travel topics, including a popular series called "Armchair Adventures."Evelyn and Natalie are a mother-daughter travel and writing team. They have traveled to seven continents, eighty-eight countries (and counting), and all fifty states.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0313337608
• ISBN 13: 9780313337604
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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