Author:
Dean, Michael Carlton, author.
Imprint[San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences, [2017]
Descriptionix, 89 pages : illustrations (mostly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Note:Cystic fibrosis: from family studies to gene mapping, cloning, and function to therapy -- Cancer genetics and developmental biology -- Chromosome alterations and cancer (MYC) -- Discovery of an AIDS resistance gene and development of a targeted therapy (CCR5) -- Cancer in a petri dish: discovery of an oncogene (MET) -- Studying populations of cancer patients -- From cancer virus to cancer vaccine: HPV and cervical cancer -- Sequencing the tumor genome -- ABC genes: a gene family causing multiple diseases -- An eye on macular degeneration and gene therapy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-87).
Note:This Colloquium Lecture provides an overview of the progress made in molecular medicine applying genetics and genomics to the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases. Specifically, the methods for identifying genes involved in human diseases are described. Examples from 10 genes and diseases will be provided, drawing on the author's research. Topics include examples from simple Mendelian diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, inherited cancers, oncogenes activated by chromosomal translocations, host genes involved in infectious disease, genes identified via genomewide association studies, pathogens causing cancer, and gene families contributing to multiple diseases. For each example, historical details will be provided as background for readers to understand the context and process of the discoveries, technologies explained, and current understanding and treatment implications detailed.
