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The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It

by: Ricki Lewis
publisher: St. Martin's Press, published: 2012-03-13
ASIN: 0312681909
EAN: 9780312681906
sales rank: 1337032

Fascinating narrative science that explores the next frontier in medicine and genetics through the very personal prism of the children and families gene therapy has touched.
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.

Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities

by: Gene Combs
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, published: 1996-03-17
ASIN: 0393702073
EAN: 9780393702071
sales rank: 133057

For psychotherapy students, teachers, and practitioners, this book describes the clinical application of the growing body of ideas and practices that has come to be known as narrative therapy. Clear and compelling demonstrations of narrative therapy practice, rich in case examples and creative strategies, are at the heart of this book.

Gene Therapy: Treating Disease by Repairing Genes (The New Biology)

by: Joseph Panno
publisher: Facts on File, Inc., published: 2005
ASIN: 0816066027
EAN: 9780816066025
sales rank: 1143816
Gr. 9-12. The science and technology are detailed, dense, accurate, and up-to-date in this title in the New Biology series, and the readable discussion of the ethical issues shows that there are no simple answers. Physiologist Panno explains how stem cells can be used to treat, and possibly cure, a wide variety of diseases, and he predicts that the use of adult stem cells will soon be routine. An important chapter looks at legal practices in the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. The book includes occasional diagrams; an extensive, detailed glossary; and many bibliographical references to science and ethical discussions in print and on the Web. In addition, there is a chapter summarizing cell biology and recombinant DNA technology. A carefully done, in-depth series that will work well for researchers and debaters, adults as well as teens. Other titles in this new series: The Cell, Aging, Animal Cloning, Cancer, and Gene Therapy. Hazel Rochman Copyright © American Library Association.

Vascular Embolotherapy: A Comprehensive Approach, Volume 2: Oncology, Trauma, Gene Therapy, Vascular Malformations, and Neck (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging)

publisher: Springer, published: 2012-03-31
ASIN: 3642059953
EAN: 9783642059957
sales rank: 4526773
Endovascular embolization therapy has made remarkable progress during the past two decades, driven primarily by improvements in digital imaging, breakthroughs in microcatheter technology and coil design, and the development of new embolic materials. Initially employed in the management of musculoskeletal trauma, embolization therapy now has a wide range of applications. It permits effective non-operative management of major hepatic, splenic, and renal injuries that once posed a tremendous challenge to the trauma surgeon and has also become an integral facet of the modern oncology center. Further important indications include uterine fibroids, vascular malformations, visceral aneurysms and GI bleeding. This volume and volume 1 present the current state of the art in this exciting and growing field. High informational content is supplemented by detailed graphics, providing a comprehensive reference work for both experts and novices in the field.

Gene Therapy

by: Mary Colavito
publisher: Benjamin Cummings, published: 2006-08-05
ASIN: 0805338195
EAN: 9780805338195
sales rank: 1007367

KEY MESSSAGE: Will gene therapy one day become the ultimate application of genetic technology? Gene Therapy, the newest booklet in the Special Topics in Biology Series, addresses this question by exploring gene therapy as a complex technology for delivering therapeutic genes as a way to treat and cure human genetic diseases. Author Mary Colavito provides an overview of the basic science involved in gene therapy methods and chronicles the history of gene therapy by discussing successful and ongoing gene therapy treatments as well as adverse outcomes in some cases of gene therapy. Also discussed are challenges that must be overcome for gene therapy to become a more reliable and readily accessible approach for treating a multitude of genetic diseases that affect humans. Gene Therapy: Methods Currently Employed, Partial Successes and Ongoing Trials, Setbacks, Challenges, Future Approaches For all readers interested in gene therapy as a complex technology for delivering therapeutic genes as a way to treat and cure human genetic diseases.

Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine (FT Press Science)

by: Nicholas Wright Gillham
publisher: FT Press, published: 2011-06-19
ASIN: 0137075448
EAN: 9780137075447
sales rank: 609654

This very readable overview of the rise and transformations of medical genetics and of the eugenic impulses that have been inspired by the emerging understanding of the genetic basis of many diseases and disabilities is based on a popular nonmajors course, "Social Implications of Genetics," that Gillham gave for many years at Duke University. The book is suitable for use as a text in similar overview courses about genes and social issues or genes and disease. It gives a good overview of the developments and status of this field for a wide range of biomedical researchers, physicians, and students, especially those interested in the prospects for the new, genetics-based personalized medicine.

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy

publisher: CRC Press, published: 2002-06-27
ASIN: 041528385X
EAN: 9780415283854
sales rank: 715109
Emphasizing its uses in cancer and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy presents a comprehensive account of gene therapy, from development in the laboratory to clinical applications. Internationally acclaimed scientists discuss the potential use of lipids, peptides and polymers for the in vivo delivery of nucleic acids, the genesis of structure-synthesis-function interrelationships and the evolutionary approaches of these gene carriers. The book also addresses the influence of a viable gene expression system on disease by controlling gene regulation, transcription, translation and replication.

ICVBM launches coronary gene therapy trial.(Neighborhood Heart Watch): An article from: Indiana Business Magazine

by: Keith L. March
publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc., published: 2003-10-01
ASIN: B0008E9B58
This digital document is an article from Indiana Business Magazine, published by Curtis Magazine Group, Inc. on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 774 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: ICVBM launches coronary gene therapy trial.(Neighborhood Heart Watch)
Author: Keith L. March
Publication: Indiana Business Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc.
Volume: 47 Issue: 10 Page: S6(1)

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Gene Therapy Research (Inside Science)

by: Hal Marcovtiz
publisher: Referencepoint Press, published: 2010-08
ASIN: 1601521081
EAN: 9781601521088
sales rank: 1313857

Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology

by: Marcia Nelms
publisher: Brooks Cole, published: 2010-06-16
ASIN: 1439049629
EAN: 9781439049624
sales rank: 120754
NUTRITION THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, 2e provides a comprehensive focus on pathophysiology and medical treatment with a thorough review of the most current research and application of evidence-based nutritional care for students, clinicians and researchers. It strives to educate students about not only facts and theories that comprise current medical knowledge, but also the process of skill development that empowers students to grow in expertise within their field.

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	The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It by: Ricki Lewis publisher: St. Martin's Press, published: 2012-03-13 ASIN: 0312681909 EAN: 9780312681906 sales rank: 1337032 Fascinating narrative science that explores the next frontier in medicine and genetics through the very personal prism of the children and families gene therapy has touched. 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.
	Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities by: Gene Combs publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, published: 1996-03-17 ASIN: 0393702073 EAN: 9780393702071 sales rank: 133057 For psychotherapy students, teachers, and practitioners, this book describes the clinical application of the growing body of ideas and practices that has come to be known as narrative therapy. Clear and compelling demonstrations of narrative therapy practice, rich in case examples and creative strategies, are at the heart of this book.
	Gene Therapy: Treating Disease by Repairing Genes (The New Biology) by: Joseph Panno publisher: Facts on File, Inc., published: 2005 ASIN: 0816066027 EAN: 9780816066025 sales rank: 1143816 Gr. 9-12. The science and technology are detailed, dense, accurate, and up-to-date in this title in the New Biology series, and the readable discussion of the ethical issues shows that there are no simple answers. Physiologist Panno explains how stem cells can be used to treat, and possibly cure, a wide variety of diseases, and he predicts that the use of adult stem cells will soon be routine. An important chapter looks at legal practices in the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. The book includes occasional diagrams; an extensive, detailed glossary; and many bibliographical references to science and ethical discussions in print and on the Web. In addition, there is a chapter summarizing cell biology and recombinant DNA technology. A carefully done, in-depth series that will work well for researchers and debaters, adults as well as teens. Other titles in this new series: The Cell, Aging, Animal Cloning, Cancer, and Gene Therapy. Hazel Rochman Copyright © American Library Association.
	Vascular Embolotherapy: A Comprehensive Approach, Volume 2: Oncology, Trauma, Gene Therapy, Vascular Malformations, and Neck (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging) publisher: Springer, published: 2012-03-31 ASIN: 3642059953 EAN: 9783642059957 sales rank: 4526773 Endovascular embolization therapy has made remarkable progress during the past two decades, driven primarily by improvements in digital imaging, breakthroughs in microcatheter technology and coil design, and the development of new embolic materials. Initially employed in the management of musculoskeletal trauma, embolization therapy now has a wide range of applications. It permits effective non-operative management of major hepatic, splenic, and renal injuries that once posed a tremendous challenge to the trauma surgeon and has also become an integral facet of the modern oncology center. Further important indications include uterine fibroids, vascular malformations, visceral aneurysms and GI bleeding. This volume and volume 1 present the current state of the art in this exciting and growing field. High informational content is supplemented by detailed graphics, providing a comprehensive reference work for both experts and novices in the field.
	Gene Therapy by: Mary Colavito publisher: Benjamin Cummings, published: 2006-08-05 ASIN: 0805338195 EAN: 9780805338195 sales rank: 1007367 KEY MESSSAGE: Will gene therapy one day become the ultimate application of genetic technology? Gene Therapy, the newest booklet in the Special Topics in Biology Series, addresses this question by exploring gene therapy as a complex technology for delivering therapeutic genes as a way to treat and cure human genetic diseases. Author Mary Colavito provides an overview of the basic science involved in gene therapy methods and chronicles the history of gene therapy by discussing successful and ongoing gene therapy treatments as well as adverse outcomes in some cases of gene therapy. Also discussed are challenges that must be overcome for gene therapy to become a more reliable and readily accessible approach for treating a multitude of genetic diseases that affect humans. Gene Therapy: Methods Currently Employed, Partial Successes and Ongoing Trials, Setbacks, Challenges, Future Approaches For all readers interested in gene therapy as a complex technology for delivering therapeutic genes as a way to treat and cure human genetic diseases.
	Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine (FT Press Science) by: Nicholas Wright Gillham publisher: FT Press, published: 2011-06-19 ASIN: 0137075448 EAN: 9780137075447 sales rank: 609654 This very readable overview of the rise and transformations of medical genetics and of the eugenic impulses that have been inspired by the emerging understanding of the genetic basis of many diseases and disabilities is based on a popular nonmajors course, "Social Implications of Genetics," that Gillham gave for many years at Duke University. The book is suitable for use as a text in similar overview courses about genes and social issues or genes and disease. It gives a good overview of the developments and status of this field for a wide range of biomedical researchers, physicians, and students, especially those interested in the prospects for the new, genetics-based personalized medicine.
	Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy publisher: CRC Press, published: 2002-06-27 ASIN: 041528385X EAN: 9780415283854 sales rank: 715109 Emphasizing its uses in cancer and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy presents a comprehensive account of gene therapy, from development in the laboratory to clinical applications. Internationally acclaimed scientists discuss the potential use of lipids, peptides and polymers for the in vivo delivery of nucleic acids, the genesis of structure-synthesis-function interrelationships and the evolutionary approaches of these gene carriers. The book also addresses the influence of a viable gene expression system on disease by controlling gene regulation, transcription, translation and replication.
	ICVBM launches coronary gene therapy trial.(Neighborhood Heart Watch): An article from: Indiana Business Magazine by: Keith L. March publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc., published: 2003-10-01 ASIN: B0008E9B58 This digital document is an article from Indiana Business Magazine, published by Curtis Magazine Group, Inc. on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 774 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: ICVBM launches coronary gene therapy trial.(Neighborhood Heart Watch) Author: Keith L. March Publication: Indiana Business Magazine (Magazine/Journal) Date: October 1, 2003 Publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc. Volume: 47 Issue: 10 Page: S6(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale
	Gene Therapy Research (Inside Science) by: Hal Marcovtiz publisher: Referencepoint Press, published: 2010-08 ASIN: 1601521081 EAN: 9781601521088 sales rank: 1313857
	Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology by: Marcia Nelms publisher: Brooks Cole, published: 2010-06-16 ASIN: 1439049629 EAN: 9781439049624 sales rank: 120754 NUTRITION THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, 2e provides a comprehensive focus on pathophysiology and medical treatment with a thorough review of the most current research and application of evidence-based nutritional care for students, clinicians and researchers. It strives to educate students about not only facts and theories that comprise current medical knowledge, but also the process of skill development that empowers students to grow in expertise within their field.