COVID-19
The Postgenomic Pandemic
$24.80
- Paperback
140 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2022
Summary
Within days of the first reports of patients suffering from a mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, scientists in China had produced a complete genetic sequence of the virus and confirmed that it was a novel SARS-like coronavirus. The genetic sequence was deposited in a public database, making the genetic code available to scientists anywhere in the world. The result was that weeks before the WHO declared the outbreak a global public health emergency and months before COVID-19 was formally designate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509552153 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509552154 |
| Author: | Hugh Pennington |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 140 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 137mm x 213mm |
Critics Review
‘A great read, making science accessible to all and demonstrating how advances build on previous science investments in leaps and bounds.’
Dame Sally Davies, Master, Trinity College Cambridge
‘A scholarly and intellectually stimulating contribution which covers COVID-19 and sets this in the context of infectious diseases past and present. Pennington’s explanation of the molecular biological aspects of infectious diseases, which are of critical importance in diagnosis and vaccination, is a joy to read, even for those with limited experience.’
Professor Jangu Banatvala, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London
‘informative’
Nature
Hugh Pennington
Hugh Pennington is Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen. He has worked for the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments as an expert on microbiology and food safety, and was a founder member of the World Food Programme Technical Advisory Group.
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