Altered Fates: Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life (Norton,
拢11.95, ISBN 0 393 31528 2) by Pulitzer prizewinners Jeff Lyon and Peter
Gorner has numerous competitors, but is unbeatable for its clarity and verve.
Accessible to all, this is a vivid portrayal of the science, as well as the
scientists, patients and families in the centre of the emerging craft of
identifying, repairing and replacing faulty human genes.
More from New 精东传媒
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Health
Women鈥檚 body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don鈥檛 know why
News
Comment
This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century
Culture
Environment
New 精东传媒 recommends a devastating account of farming honeybees
Culture
Life
PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed
Leader
Popular articles
Trending New 精东传媒 articles
1
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins鈥檚 evolution classic still holds up
2
Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test
3
The 鈥榙oomsday鈥 glacier鈥檚 giant ice shelf is about to break away
4
Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?
5
The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life
6
Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved
7
We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms
8
We could generate hydrogen from rocks while storing CO2 in them
9
The future of robot armies is here 鈥 and it鈥檚 not what you think
10
Odd 鈥渂utterfly鈥 molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm
