The Book of Genes and Genomes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. From Genes to Genomes in All Living Things

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 1-16

3. My Family’s Health History (and Why It Is Important for Me to Know)

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 17-27

4. A Savior Sibling

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 29-39

5. Too Few, Too Many

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 41-52

6. You Have Probably Already Had a Genetic Test (But No One Told You): Newborn Screening

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 53-62

7. Sweet Blood

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 63-72

8. Will This Drug Work for You?

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 73-81

9. No Two Cancers the Same

   • Susanne B. Haga

   Pages 83-95

10. Correcting Genes

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 97-106

11. Hunting the Invisible Bugs

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 107-128

12. Can Genes Explain Behavior?

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 129-140

13. I Will Have the Genetically Modified Foods, Please

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 141-157

14. Cleaning Up the Environment

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 159-168

15. Genetics and the Crime Scene: Just Like TV?

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 169-181

16. Are Humans Related to Cavemen?

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 183-193

17. (Re-)Creating New Life

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 195-211

18. Home-based Genetic Testing: A Brave New World

    • Susanne B. Haga

    Pages 213-221

19. Back Matter

    Pages 223-236

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The Book of Genes & Genomes  presents a concise overview of the advances in genetics and genomics and provides the unfamiliar reader with a succinct description of many of the applications and implications of this field. Given the substantial investment in genetics and genomics over the past several decades and the many recent discoveries and developments, this book will help the reader begin to understand the importance of genetics and genomics to us all. This exciting new title includes information on how genetics and genomics has advanced our understanding of health and medicine, evolution, and biology, as well as how they are pushing the boundaries of ethics and social values.

• Assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader;
• Easy to understand writing style, enabling novices to read and speak the "language" of genes and genomes;
• Inclusion of case-studies that depict how genes and genomics have advanced understanding of health,medicine, evolution and biology, but juxtaposed to ethics and social values;
• Recommended reading offered to facilitate self study;
• Clear, up to date and affordable.

• Book
• Genes
• Genomes
• Haga
• Willard

• Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM), Durham, USA

  Susanne B. Haga

Dr. Susanne Haga is an Associate Professor in Medicine with Duke University School of Medicine in the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Sanford School of Public Policy, and the Department of Biology. She received her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1999. Her research interests include translation of genomics into practice, with a focus on education of providers, patients, and the public. This includes the development of educational materials about genomic research in general, pharmacogenetic testing, and communicating genetic test results, in addition to undergraduate teaching in genetics/genomics, ethics, and policy. Dr. Haga has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on these subjects, and has been awarded numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health.

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