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The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it / Ricki Lewis.
- Description: x, 323 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
- ISBN: 9780312681906 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0312681909 (hardback)
Available copies
- 4 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 4 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Main | Adult Nonfiction | RB 155.8 .L49 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 616.042/Lewis (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Lynnfield | Adult Nonfiction | RB 155.8 .L49 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW RB 155.8 .L49 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Summary: | "Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind from a hereditary disorder when his sight was restored through a delicate procedure that made medical history. Like something from a science fiction novel, doctors carefully injected viruses bearing healing genes into the DNA of Corey's eyes--a few days later, Corey could see, his sight restored by gene therapy. THE FOREVER FIX is the first book to tell the fascinating story of gene therapy: how it works, the science behind it, how patients (mostly children) have been helped and harmed, and how scientists learned from each trial to get one step closer to its immense promise, the promise of a "forever fix," - a cure that, by fixing problems at their genetic root, does not need further surgery or medication. Told through the voices of the children and families who have been the inspiration, experimental subjects, and successes of genetic science, THE FOREVER FIX is compelling and engaging narrative science that tells explores the future of medicine as well as the families and scientists who are breaking new ground every day"-- |
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