Genomic Quirks : The Search for Spelling Errors

Ramesh Hariharan

ISBN 10: 9352657438 / ISBN 13: 9789352657438

Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Feb 2018, 2018

Beschreibung

Neuware - This is a book of real stories about the search for genomic spelling errors that have stark consequences -- infants who pass away mysteriously, siblings with misplaced organs, a family with several instances of vision loss, sisters whose hearts fail in the prime of their youth, a boy whose blood can't carry enough oxygen, a baby with cancer in the eye, a middle-aged patient battling cancer, and the author's own color blindness. The search in each case proves to be a detective quest that connects the world of medical practice with that of molecular biology, traversing the world of computer algorithms along the way.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9789352657438

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Genomic Quirks : The Search for Spelling Errors
• Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Feb 2018
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9352657438
• ISBN-13: 9789352657438
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 157 H x 26 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 157 mm, Tiefe: 26 mm
• Gewicht: 889 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This is a book of real stories about the search for genomic spelling errors that have stark consequences -- infants who pass away mysteriously, siblings with misplaced organs, a family with several instances of vision loss, sisters whose hearts fail in the prime of their youth, a boy whose blood can’t carry enough oxygen, a baby with cancer in the eye, a middle-aged patient battling cancer, and the author’s own color blindness. The search in each case proves to be a detective quest that connects the world of medical practice with that of molecular biology, traversing the world of computer algorithms along the way.