The Resource The human recipe : understanding your genes in today's society, Pascal Borry and Gert Matthijs
The human recipe : understanding your genes in today's society, Pascal Borry and Gert Matthijs
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- Summary
- "A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if a DNA analysis were to reveal that your biological father must be someone other than the person you've been calling 'Dad' for years? Does genetics explain why Africans excel in athletics, Asians in gymnastics, and Europeans mainly in sports testing physical strengths? What is the difference between a genetic disease and a contagious illness? The newest developments in human genetics also raise ethical questions and issues which are currently being debated within the genetics community, and the authors do not avoid looking at these either. Should we use genetics to ensure the conception of healthy children or even 'designer babies'? Should we identify genetic risks before pregnancy? Should we edit genes in embryos? Can we identify our risk for cancers and can we prevent them? What about privacy in DNA research and forensic databases? Can DNA be stolen, and if so, would this be considered a serious crime? The Human Recipe provides a clever insight into all you might want to know about human genetics in our current society"--Provided by publisher
- Language
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- eng
- dut
- eng
- Edition
- English language edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Note
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- Translated from the Dutch version "Iedereen geniaal. Humane genetica in woorden en cartoons."
- Cartoons: Joris Snaet
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The genome : the cookbook of life
- Reading genomes
- A gene, a genome, and then what?
- Genetic disorders
- Angelina Jolie's choice
- Give me back my DNA!
- We are all carriers
- New test tracks for fetus DNA
- Designer babies
- As long as it stays in the family
- Everyone's genome investigated
- Finding out more than you would want to know
- HELP! : the government has my DNA!
- Genome hackers
- A Neanderthal in all of us?
- Mudbloods
- My Olympic DNA
- The godfather
- Personalizing medicine to fit your genetic profile
- Gene therapy, a medicine?
- Consumer genomics
- Genes and patents
- X and Y
- Isbn
- 9789461661968
- Label
- The human recipe : understanding your genes in today's society
- Title
- The human recipe
- Title remainder
- understanding your genes in today's society
- Statement of responsibility
- Pascal Borry and Gert Matthijs
- Language
-
- eng
- dut
- eng
- Summary
- "A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if a DNA analysis were to reveal that your biological father must be someone other than the person you've been calling 'Dad' for years? Does genetics explain why Africans excel in athletics, Asians in gymnastics, and Europeans mainly in sports testing physical strengths? What is the difference between a genetic disease and a contagious illness? The newest developments in human genetics also raise ethical questions and issues which are currently being debated within the genetics community, and the authors do not avoid looking at these either. Should we use genetics to ensure the conception of healthy children or even 'designer babies'? Should we identify genetic risks before pregnancy? Should we edit genes in embryos? Can we identify our risk for cancers and can we prevent them? What about privacy in DNA research and forensic databases? Can DNA be stolen, and if so, would this be considered a serious crime? The Human Recipe provides a clever insight into all you might want to know about human genetics in our current society"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Borry, Pascal
- Dewey number
- 572.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QH447
- LC item number
- .B67 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- QU 460
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Matthijs, Gert
- Snaet, Joris
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Genes
- Human genome
- Genetics
- Genome, Human
- SCIENCE
- MEDICAL
- Genes
- Genetics
- Genomes
- Human genome
- Label
- The human recipe : understanding your genes in today's society, Pascal Borry and Gert Matthijs
- Note
-
- Translated from the Dutch version "Iedereen geniaal. Humane genetica in woorden en cartoons."
- Cartoons: Joris Snaet
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The genome : the cookbook of life -- Reading genomes -- A gene, a genome, and then what? -- Genetic disorders -- Angelina Jolie's choice -- Give me back my DNA! -- We are all carriers -- New test tracks for fetus DNA -- Designer babies -- As long as it stays in the family -- Everyone's genome investigated -- Finding out more than you would want to know -- HELP! : the government has my DNA! -- Genome hackers -- A Neanderthal in all of us? -- Mudbloods -- My Olympic DNA -- The godfather -- Personalizing medicine to fit your genetic profile -- Gene therapy, a medicine? -- Consumer genomics -- Genes and patents -- X and Y
- Control code
- 987911320
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- English language edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789461661968
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1px3z81
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)987911320
- Label
- The human recipe : understanding your genes in today's society, Pascal Borry and Gert Matthijs
- Note
-
- Translated from the Dutch version "Iedereen geniaal. Humane genetica in woorden en cartoons."
- Cartoons: Joris Snaet
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The genome : the cookbook of life -- Reading genomes -- A gene, a genome, and then what? -- Genetic disorders -- Angelina Jolie's choice -- Give me back my DNA! -- We are all carriers -- New test tracks for fetus DNA -- Designer babies -- As long as it stays in the family -- Everyone's genome investigated -- Finding out more than you would want to know -- HELP! : the government has my DNA! -- Genome hackers -- A Neanderthal in all of us? -- Mudbloods -- My Olympic DNA -- The godfather -- Personalizing medicine to fit your genetic profile -- Gene therapy, a medicine? -- Consumer genomics -- Genes and patents -- X and Y
- Control code
- 987911320
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- English language edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789461661968
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1px3z81
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)987911320
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