Genomics (PDF)

Written by the successful author team of Sandy Primrose and Richard
Twyman, Genomics: Applications in Human Biology is a topical
book showing how the new science of genomics is adding impetus to
the advances in human health provided by biotechnology.

* * Written to provide the necessary overview of the subject,
covering technological developments, applications and (where
necessary) the ethical implications.

* Divided into three sections, the first section introduces the
role of biotechnology and genomics in medicine and sets out some of
the technological advances that have been the basis of recent
medical breakthroughs.

* The second section takes a closer look at how biotechnology and
genomics are influencing the prevention and treatment of different
categories of disease.

* Finally the contribution of biotechnology and genomics to the
development of different types of therapy is described, including
conventional drugs, recombinant proteins and gene/cell
therapies.

* References to appropriate sections in other two popular books,
authored by Sandy Primrose and Richard Twyman, are included -
Principles of Gene Manipulation and Principles of Gene Analysis and
Genomics.

* Features several categories of boxed text, including history
boxes (describing the origins and development of particular
technologies or treatments), molecular boxes (featuring the
molecular basis of diseases or treatments in more detail) and ethic
boxes (which discusses the ethical implications of technology
development and new therapies).