Genome

The human genome has been mapped, but its meaning has yet to be determined. Scientists have discovered the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome, which raises many questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease. Questions that will affect your life and the lives of your future children. - By picking one newly discovered gene from each pair of chromosomes and telling its story, this author recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine. From Huntington's disease to cancer, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, this book probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of this tremendous breakthrough.