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Your genome is already shaping your health, your medication responses, and decisions being made about your biological data — right now, whether you know it or not. Most people have no idea what their genetic test results actually mean. Not because the science is hard, but because no one has explained it plainly — until now.

Nessa Carey’s THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION looks at how modern biology is rewriting our understanding of genetics, disease and inheritance. At the beginning of this century, enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only...

Depuis quarante ans, l'ADN a révolutionné les enquêtes criminelles. Emmanuel Pham-Hoai est l'un des rares à avoir été enquêteur en section de recherches au contact direct des crimes, puis expert judiciaire en empreintes génétiques. Il raconte ici les affaires dans lesquelles l'ADN a été déterminant et qui ont défrayé la chronique. Entre terrain, laboratoire et cour d'assises, il explique simplement ce que l'ADN permet et ce qu'il ne peut pas.

There's hope in every mile. What would you do if you got the worst news? Jordan Adams has faced that moment and turned heartache into hope. Discovering he was the carrier of the gene that caused his mother’s early death from Frontotemporal Dementia, Jordan set out to change the way we see this...

“Listeners will find A Fatal Inheritance to be an effective overview of research on cancer and hereditary predisposition, one that achieves serious investigation while remaining intensely human.”—BookPage Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research...

It took forty plus years of intense agonizing sacrifice and struggle for Christopher A. Davis to heed the call of the Most High. In doing so he found his purpose in producing an extraordinary piece of work. The Invisible Bully: Thriving in a Life with Sickle Cell Anemia tackles the issues that one may face with the disease head on. This book shows the importance of having inner strength and fortitude, a positive disposition, understanding the power of faith in God and in yourself, and more.

In Painting the Landscape of Loneliness, author Olivia Ash invites you on a transformative journey to understand the complex terrain of human isolation, while discovering the path towards genuine connection and self-discovery. In a world more interconnected than ever before, loneliness remains an epidemic, affecting people of all ages and backgrounds. Ash delves into the very heart of this pervasive issue, dismantling the misconceptions surrounding it. With compassion and keen insight, she reveals that loneliness is a universal human experience, often overlooked or misunderstood.

Diagnose: Autoimmune Hepatitis. Und das mit Anfang 30. Für Hendrik und Denise Verst bricht 2015 die Welt zusammen. 5 Jahre später braucht Hendrik dringend eine neue Leber. Die 7-köpfige Familie steht vor großer Ungewissheit: Wird Papa rechtzeitig ein passendes Spenderorgan bekommen? Jetzt, 2 Jahre nach der Transplantation, arbeiten Denise aka Mathellaslife und Hendrik aka fitdad_hendrik die Zeit des Bangens und Hoffens in einem gemeinsamen Buch auf - bewegend, ehrlich und aufschlussreich.

Eine faszinierende Vorstellung: Wie wäre es, wenn sich die biologische Uhr, die in jedem von uns tickt, anhalten ließe – oder sogar ein Stück zurückdrehen? Und das nicht bloß gefühlt, sondern messbar? Dieses Versprechen ist seit Kurzem Realität. Der junge Forschungszweig der Epigenetik hat den Deckel von der Altersuhr gehoben – und in aktuellen Studien nun sogar den Sprung in die praktische Anwendung geschafft. Genau darum geht es in diesem Hörbuch: Was kann ich ganz konkret tun, um meine Altersuhr zurückzudrehen? Um wie viele Monate oder gar Jahre lässt sich der Zeiger zurückstellen?

Rather than focusing on the medical side of long-term conditions, this book contains bespoke advice for the parts of everyday living that often go unspoken - from practical advice on friendships, dating and independent living, to more reflective guidance on rediscovering your identity and learning to self-advocate. Chronic illness affects everybody differently, but we all want to find joy where we can and make the most of what we have. This book exists to help you take accessible steps towards that goal and build a life that truly feels like yours.

We are on the cusp of a major transformation in healthcare—yet few people know it. At top hospitals and a few innovative health-tech startups, scientists are working closely with patients to dramatically extend their "healthspan"—the number of healthy years before disease sets in. In The Age of Scientific Wellness, two visionary leaders of this revolution in health take us on a thrilling journey to this new frontier of medicine.

Born with a rare, incurable genetic disorder that doctors misdiagnosed until her 30s, Amy’s right leg swelled until it was 200 percent bigger than her left leg. Her peers bullied her for having an “elephant leg,” and she learned to hide her disability by wearing skirts. In an attempt to recreate her identity as a teenager, she competed in the Miss Junior American Coed Pageant, and—to her shock—she won, only to become known as “the beauty queen with the big leg”.

A completely new way to look at fat loss, autoimmune conditions, and optimal health. What if that banana you had for breakfast was actually sabotaging your health efforts? Health, metabolism, and weight are controlled by both our genetics and our lifestyle, in essence a balance between nature and nurture. By identifying our strengths and our weaknesses genetically, as well as our body chemistry through advanced targeted testing, we now have the ability to influence our health like never before.

The personalized medicine wave is here. In this book, biotechnology entrepreneur and CEO of The DNA Company Kashif Khan offers an action plan to help you live your best life. It starts by understanding your genetic makeup. The DNA Way is a preventative guide to various health issues and their...

If you or someone you love has Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), the genetic condition that is passed down from one generation to the next, please keep reading. RP is not funny as it can be the cause of loss of vision, either in adults or children. Its effect on vision can be slow-moving or it can progress very quickly. The author has been affected for over 30 years and understands the emotional toll this condition can have on the newly diagnosed.

A coming-of-age memoir for modern times, Bleeder is the incredibly compelling tale of author Shelby Smoak. A hemophiliac, Smoak discovered he had been infected with HIV during a blood transfusion at the start of his college career. This devastating and destabilizing news led Smoak to see his world from an entirely new perspective, one in which life-threatening illness was perpetually just around the corner. Set in the 1990s along the North Carolina coast, Bleeder traces Smoak’s quest for love in a world that feels increasingly dangerous.

'Brilliant .. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough' - Henry Marsh, New Statesman (about The Idea of the Brain) A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite...

No hay ningún plan de alimentación funcional para todo el mundo: lo que a unos les sienta bien, a otros puede hacerles daño. ¿Cómo se explica? Por el código genético, que es absolutamente único en cada persona.

A tiny mutation on the X chromosome can shape a family’s history. Passed down from a “carrier” parent to a child, fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism. Beyond that—and a rarity among genetic disorders—some fragile X carriers not only transmit the mutation, but also experience related conditions themselves.

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past? Did eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy? Throughout history, people have sought to...