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Genes and Resistance to Disease /

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The advances in human genetics that have ocurred during the past 20 years have revolutionized our knowledge of the role played by inheritance in health and disase. It is clear that our DNA determines not only the emergence of catastrophic single-gene disorders, which affect millions of persons world...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boulyjenkov, V.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Berg, K., Christen, Y.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2000.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Oncology.
Human genetics.
Neurosciences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Genetics of survival
  • The human genes that limit AIDS
  • Gene protecting against age-related degeneration
  • Genes involved in resistance to carcinogenesis
  • Leptin and neural circuit regulating body weight
  • The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) locus and protection against atherosclerosis
  • Does the gene encoding apolipoprotein A-I Milano protect the heart?- Candidate gene polymorphisms in cardiovascular pathophysiology
  • Protective response of endothelial cells
  • Genetic factors in malaria resistance
  • Genetic basis of resistance to Alzheimer's Disease and related neurodegenerative diseases
  • Genes affecting cognitive and emotional functions
  • Gene therapy: promises, problems and prospects
  • "Good gene"/"Bad gene."