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The strongest boy in the world : how genetic information is reshaping our lives
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The strongest boy in the world : how genetic information is reshaping our lives

Author: Philip Reilly
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Philip R. Reilly is a physician, geneticist, and a lawyer. He is also a storyteller. His new book, The Strongest Boy in the World: How Genetic Information is Reshaping Our Lives, contains twenty  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Popular works
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Reilly
ISBN: 0879698012 9780879698010
OCLC Number: 62493340
Description: xvi, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Humanity --
The strongest boy in the world --
Our ancestors --
Race --
Longevity --
Intelligence --
Diseases --
Charcot-Marie-tooth disease --
Huntington's disease --
Deafness --
San Luis Valley syndrome --
Severe combined immune deficiency --
Animals and plants --
Dogs --
Cats --
Mice --
Corn --
Rice --
Society --
History --
DNA forensics --
Art and language --
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis --
Stem cells.
Responsibility: Philip R. Reilly.
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The Strongest Boy in the World is a wonderful tour of genetics, genomics and stem-cell biology. General readers may find the science a stretch, but the effort will be amply rewarded with a better Read more...

 
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