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Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer's Disease »

Authors: Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ann B. Parson
ISBN-13: 9780738205267, ISBN-10: 0738205265
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Rudolph E. Tanzi

Rudolph E. Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Genetics and Aging Unit. Science journalist Ann B. Parson is co-author, with Isaac Schiff, M.D., of Menopause, and until recently taught in Boston University's graduate program in science and journalism. Rudolph E. Tanzi is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Genetics and Aging Unit. Science journalist Ann B. Parson is co-author, with Isaac Schiff, M.D., of Menopause, and until recently taught in Boston University's graduate program in science and journalism.

Book Synopsis

The compelling story of the race to uncover the genetic basis of one of humanity's most brutal killers.

New England Journal of Medicine

The story is invigorating, the progress is fantastic, and the writing is lively.

	Introduction	xiii
1	Cleave, Zap, Blot, Probe	1
2	The Core of the Matter	21
3	Candidate Chromosome	49
4	Gone Fishing	61
5	Curious Gene	85
6	From Famine to Feast	99
7	Mutations, Revelations	115
8	Of Mice and People	135
9	Gene Prix	147
10	The 42 Nidus	173
11	Untangling a Cascade	191
12	A Gamble for Hope	207
	Epilogue	241
	Resources	249
	Notes	251
	Index	269

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