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Sickle Cell Disease
  • Authored by: Phill Jones
  • From the Series: Genes and Disease
  • Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0791095878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9587-4
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 09/01/2008
  • Dewey Number: 616
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 144

Summary

In 1910, Dr. James B. Herrick published Western medical literatureā€™s first description of a person with sickle cell disease. Soon, other physicians reported patients with similar symptoms and confirmed the characteristic feature of the disease: elongated red blood cells. In 1922, the peculiar shape of the cells inspired the official name for the disorder. Within 30 years, scientists had learned about the cause of sickle cell disease—an abnormal form of hemoglobin. Sickle Cell Disease explores the scientific discoveries that led to an understanding of the genetic basis of the disease, explaining how a single mutation in hemoglobin multiplies into the many symptoms of sickle cell disease. Also investigated are treatments that help individuals manage sickle cell disease symptoms, and how gene therapy and stem cell therapy may one day lead to a cure for the disease.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Further reading. Web sites. References. Glossary. Index.

About the Author(s)

Phill Jones earned a Ph.D. in physiology/pharmacology from the University of California, San Diego. After completing postdoctoral training at Standford University School of Medicine, he joined the department of biochemistry at the University of Kentucky Medical Center as an assistant professor. There, he taught topics in molecular biology and medicine and researched aspects of gene expression. He later earned a J.D. at the University of Kentucky College of Law and worked for 10 years as a patent attorney, specializing in biological, chemical, and medical inventions. Dr. Jones is now a full-time writer.

Reviews and Awards

"Brief case histories...help personalize these introductions to the fundamentals of genetic science...useful."


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"...an excellent introduction...interesting and informative...comprehensive coverage...a worthwhile tool to engage students...."


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