Cardiovascular genetics and genomics for the cardiologist.9781405133944 Cardiovascular genetics and genomics for the cardiologist. Ed. by Victor J. Dzau, Choong-Chin Liew. Blackwell Publishing 2007 308 pages $110.00 Hardcover RC669 Dzau (medicine, Duke U.) and Liew (laboratory medicine and pathobiology pathobiology /patho·bi·ol·o·gy/ (-bi-ol´ah-je) pathology. path·o·bi·ol·o·gy n. The study or practice of pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects. , U. of Toronto, Canada) compile 12 chapters by medical specialists and researchers from North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and the UK who explain the concepts of cardiovascular genetic and genomics for cardiologists. First presented is a historic overview of genetics and genomics concepts and a specific application of blood-based microarray technology, and then they discuss single-gene and polygenic polygenic /poly·gen·ic/ (pol?e-jen´ik) pertaining to or determined by several different genes. pol·y·gen·ic adj. cardiovascular disorders. The final section addresses genetic and genomic-based therapeutics, such as stem cell therapy stem cell therapy Cell therapy Molecular medicine A technology in which a person's own cells–eg, neuronal stem cells are triggered to revert to their primitive embryonic form, then redifferentiate into mature cells of various organs , pharmacogenics, and blood-based gene profiling. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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