Our understanding of the relationship between genetics and pulmonary disorders is still evolving. In 1989 cloning of the gene that, when mutated, causes cystic fibrosis marked a great advance in the study of genetic diseases. Yet, over a decade later, understanding of how this genetic defect leads to colonization by bacteria and inflammation in the lung remains elusive.
| ISBN-13: | 9781901346459 |
| ISBN-10: | 1901346455 |
| Publisher: | Remedica |
| Publication date: | 2002 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 257 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 1.2566348934 Pounds, Width: 0.5 Inches |
| Author: | Jordan Prutkin, Joel Moss |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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