New Human Genetics: How Gene Splicing Helps Researchers Fight Inherited Disease

摘要

Contents: The beginning of human genetics; Unlocking the secrets of DNA; The development of recombinant DNA techniques; A new understanding of sickle-cell disease and other blood disorders; How to use DNA fragments to detect a disease; How DNA probes find their match; Stalking the most elusive genes; The rapid growth of gene mapping; Zeroing in on cancer genes; A bank of living human cells; GenBank: a national database of nucleic acid sequences; The promise of genetic therapy.