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Author:
Johnson, Mark (Journalist), author.
Title:
One in a billion : the story of Nic Volker and the dawn of genomic medicine / Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher.
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
vi, 246 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Subject:
Volker, Nic,--2004---Health.
Medical genetics--Case studies.
Genomics.
Personalized medicine.
Genomics.
Health.
Medical genetics.
Personalized medicine.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Gallagher, Kathleen (Journalist), author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
At the threshold -- Beyond the four letters -- Try me -- The pied piper -- An extraordinary patient -- Diagnostic odyssey -- Spiders on the ceiling -- Big steps and fast -- Patient X -- No more secrets -- Survivors -- The dragon -- The genome joke -- Why are we here? -- Unknown territory -- I'm going to tell you a story -- Fine white threads -- Thousands of suspects -- The culprit -- Faith and doubt -- The smell of creamed corn -- Inheritance -- Come along and follow me.
Summary:
"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher chronicle the story of a young boy with a never-before-seen disease and the doctors who take a bold step into the future of medicine to save him"--Page [4] of cover.
ISBN:
1451661339
9781451661330
OCLC:
(OCoLC)952647570
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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