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Author:

Kolata, Gina Bari, 1948- author.

Title:

Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them / Gina Kolata.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 262 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Medical genetics.
Genetic disorders.
Genetic screening--Moral and ethical aspects.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Part I. A disease -- Prologue -- the prophecy -- "No goddamn bastard on earth has ever seen a disease like this thing" -- Revelation -- An uncertain inheritance -- Truth like science fiction -- Birthright -- Insomnia -- Naming the problem -- No return -- Tested -- Part II. Amanda Baxley: the next generation -- A life transformed -- Options -- A foreign land -- The envelope -- Of two minds -- A unique way -- "We have no other options" -- Prescription fertility -- New lives -- Carrying forth -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

1250064341 (hardcover)
9781250064349 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016044044

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