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Is It in Your Genes? The Influence of Genes on Common Disorders and Diseases that Affect You and Your Family

By Philip R. Reilly, Interleukin Genetics

© 2004 • 304 pp., tables, further reading, index
Paperback • $21 $5.25 • ISBN 978-087969721-1

It is now clear that our risk of developing almost any disease is influenced by the genes with which we are born. One of the most important dividends of the Human Genome Project will be a much greater understanding of the influence of genes on disease and disorders in children (from asthma to autism) and adults (including heart disease, virtually all cancers, and Alzheimer's disease). The nature of genetic risks in families is becoming clearer and this book is written to help people understand them. Philip Reilly, a physician–geneticist, who has given hundreds of lectures on this subject, takes a user–friendly approach. Drawing on the many questions he has been asked (for example, “My sister has multiple sclerosis. Am I at an increased risk?”), Reilly discusses over 90 common conditions, diseases, and disorders, arranged from conception to old age. In frank, non–technical terms, he makes clear what is known and not known about the genetic factors and, if your risk is elevated, what you might be able to do about it. This book is a uniquely valuable resource for anyone seeking more information about a family’s disease heritage.

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Ageless Quest: One Scientist's Search for the Genes That Prolong Youth

By Lenny Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

© 2003 • 154 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $19.95 $4.99 • ISBN 978-087969652-8

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The Cardiovascular System
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXVII)

© 2002 • 566 pp., illus., color plates, appendices, index
Paperback • $115 $46.00 • ISBN 978-087969679-5

Normal cardiovascular function requires the concerted action of many cell types, each capable of adaptive gene expression in response to developmental, physiological, and pathological cues. The genetic basis of cardiovascular function, development, and disease is an area of intense investigation, in the hope of significant insights into the heart and vessels? basic workings and improvements in diagnosis and therapy. This latest volume in a prestigious book series presents a remarkable survey of current progress in these efforts, through the contributions of over fifty of the world's leading investigators. Sections are devoted to angiogenesis, cardiogenesis, homeostasis, development, vascular biology, and cardiovascular repair and therapy. The book is an essential source of ideas, discoveries, and references for clinical scientists and physicians interested in basic cardiac biology, hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.

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The Development of Human Gene Therapy
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 36)

Edited By Theodore Friedmann, University of California, San Diego

© 1999 • 729 pp., illus., color plates, index
Cloth • $140 $35.00 • ISBN 978-087969528-6

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Gene Therapy: Fact and Fiction in Biology's New Approaches to Disease

By Theodore Friedmann, M.D., University of California, San Diego

© 1994 • 124 pp.
Paperback • $16 $6.40 • ISBN 978-087969446-3