The Resource The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it, Ricki Lewis
The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it, Ricki Lewis
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The item The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it, Ricki Lewis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind from a hereditary disorder when his sight was restored through a delicate procedure that made medical history. Like something from a science fiction novel, doctors carefully injected viruses bearing healing genes into the DNA of Corey's eyes--a few days later, Corey could see, his sight restored by gene therapy. The Forever Fix is the first book to tell the fascinating story of gene therapy: how it works, the science behind it, how patients (mostly children) have been helped and harmed, and how scientists learned from each trial to get one step closer to its immense promise, the promise of a "forever fix, " - a cure that, by fixing problems at their genetic root, does not need further surgery or medication. Told through the voices of the children and families who have been the inspiration, experimental subjects, and successes of genetic science, The Forever Fix is compelling and engaging narrative science that tells explores the future of medicine as well as the families and scientists who are breaking new ground every day"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 323 p.
- Contents
-
- The Best That Cant Happen
- Meeting Corey
- The Road to a Diagnosis
- What's Wrong with Corey?
- The Worst That Can Happen
- The Breakthrough Myth
- Jesse and Jim
- Tragedy
- Evolution of an Idea
- Ihe SCID Kids
- Setbacks
- Lorenzo and Oliver
- Before Gene Therapy
- Hannah
- Lori
- After Gene Theraphy
- Amazing Women
- The Jewish Genetic Diseases
- The Patent Predicament
- Chasing Moonbeams
- Corey's Story
- Kristinas Dogs
- Lancelot
- Success!
- Back to CHOP
- The Future
- Isbn
- 9781250015778
- Label
- The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it
- Title
- The forever fix
- Title remainder
- gene therapy and the boy who saved it
- Statement of responsibility
- Ricki Lewis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind from a hereditary disorder when his sight was restored through a delicate procedure that made medical history. Like something from a science fiction novel, doctors carefully injected viruses bearing healing genes into the DNA of Corey's eyes--a few days later, Corey could see, his sight restored by gene therapy. The Forever Fix is the first book to tell the fascinating story of gene therapy: how it works, the science behind it, how patients (mostly children) have been helped and harmed, and how scientists learned from each trial to get one step closer to its immense promise, the promise of a "forever fix, " - a cure that, by fixing problems at their genetic root, does not need further surgery or medication. Told through the voices of the children and families who have been the inspiration, experimental subjects, and successes of genetic science, The Forever Fix is compelling and engaging narrative science that tells explores the future of medicine as well as the families and scientists who are breaking new ground every day"--
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lewis, Ricki
- Dewey number
- 616.042
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gene therapy
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
- Gene therapy
- Label
- The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it, Ricki Lewis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- The Best That Cant Happen -- Meeting Corey -- The Road to a Diagnosis -- What's Wrong with Corey? -- The Worst That Can Happen -- The Breakthrough Myth -- Jesse and Jim -- Tragedy -- Evolution of an Idea -- Ihe SCID Kids -- Setbacks -- Lorenzo and Oliver -- Before Gene Therapy -- Hannah -- Lori -- After Gene Theraphy -- Amazing Women -- The Jewish Genetic Diseases -- The Patent Predicament -- Chasing Moonbeams -- Corey's Story -- Kristinas Dogs -- Lancelot -- Success! -- Back to CHOP -- The Future
- Control code
- 000051642319
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 323 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250015778
- Isbn Type
- (trade paperback)
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it, Ricki Lewis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- The Best That Cant Happen -- Meeting Corey -- The Road to a Diagnosis -- What's Wrong with Corey? -- The Worst That Can Happen -- The Breakthrough Myth -- Jesse and Jim -- Tragedy -- Evolution of an Idea -- Ihe SCID Kids -- Setbacks -- Lorenzo and Oliver -- Before Gene Therapy -- Hannah -- Lori -- After Gene Theraphy -- Amazing Women -- The Jewish Genetic Diseases -- The Patent Predicament -- Chasing Moonbeams -- Corey's Story -- Kristinas Dogs -- Lancelot -- Success! -- Back to CHOP -- The Future
- Control code
- 000051642319
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 323 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250015778
- Isbn Type
- (trade paperback)
- Other physical details
- ill.
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