Decoding Darkness
the search for the genetic causes of alzheimer's disease
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 December 2001
Summary
Working from the intriguing hypothesis that Alzheimer’s dementia is the result of a renegade protein-beta amyloid-Tanzi and others set out to find the gene responsible for its production. Decoding Darkness takes us deep into the minds and far-flung labs of many a prominent researcher, offering an intimate view of the high stakes of molecular genetics, the revolution that propels it, the obstacles that threaten to derail it, and the families whose lives are so dependent upon it. Tanzi and Pars…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780738205267 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0738205265 |
| Author: | Rudolph Tanzi, Ann Parson |
| Publisher: | INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US |
| Imprint: | Perseus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 December 2001 |
| Weight: | 412g |
| Dimensions: | 151mm x 222mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Rudolph Tanzi
Rudolph E. Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Genetics and Aging Unit. Science journalist Ann B. Parson is co-author, with Isaac Schiff, M.D., of Menopause, and until recently taught in Boston University’s graduate program in science and journalism.
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