Your Genes, Your Health and Personalised Medicine

R. C. Michaelis; K. M. Sweet

doi:10.7313/UPO9781908062796

We are fast approaching the era of personalised medicine, in which we will each be able to know our level of risk for many diseases, and medical treatments will be tailored to fit the individual, rather than treating all patients who have the same disorder in the same manner. This book is intended to help you understand how your genes influence your health.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

INTRODUCTION
pp ix-xvi

1 - UNDERSTANDING THE MEANS BY WHICH OUR GENES INFLUENCE OUR HEALTH
pp 1-24

2 - THE MECHANISM WHEREBY A GENE MAKES ITS PROTEIN
pp 25-42

3 - UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE
pp 43-60

4 - USING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY INFORMATION TO PREDICT YOUR RISK FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES
pp 61-86

5 - USING GENETIC TESTING TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH AND PERSONALISE YOUR MEDICAL CARE, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
pp 87-106

6 - MAKING THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE GENETIC TESTING, AND INTERPRETING THE RESULTS OF TESTS YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE PERFORMED
pp 107-132

7 - NUTRIGENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS: THE EFFECTS OUR DIET, ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE HAVE ON OUR GENES AND PROTEINS
pp 133-150

EPILOGUE AND USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
pp 151-154

INDEX
pp 155-157

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