Dressmaker''s Mirror - Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family''s Secret

A narrative that is equal parts genetic and family detective story, geneticist Susan W. Liebman chronicles the sorrows that a deadly mutation caused in her family as well as how she discovered the killer: a new heart disease gene mutation that affects 1 in 800 Ashkenazi Jews.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Susan Weiss Liebman, PhD, was among MIT's first undergraduate female students. Upon completion of graduate and post-doctoral work she became a biology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There she taught undergraduate and graduate genetics for thirty-four years while leading a well-funded research group in molecular genetics and raising two children with her husband. When her niece died suddenly at age thirty-six, Liebman became a medical detective. As a result, she is now a strong advocate for genetic testing.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Susan Weiss Liebman
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781538196809
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9680-9
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; MEDICAL / Diseases, Memoirs, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Genetics (non-medical), Hereditary diseases & disorders, Hereditary diseases and disorders, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs