Curved air a biography of sickle cell anemia and the quest to cure the first molecular disease
Curved Air chronicles the story of sickle cell anemia from its ancient origins in Sub-Saharan Africa to its central role in the development of human genome editing. For decades, patients, many of whom are Black, were denied lifesaving care. But hope has arrived in the form of a revolutionary gene-ed...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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| Summary: | Curved Air chronicles the story of sickle cell anemia from its ancient origins in Sub-Saharan Africa to its central role in the development of human genome editing. For decades, patients, many of whom are Black, were denied lifesaving care. But hope has arrived in the form of a revolutionary gene-editing therapy: CRISPR. |
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| Physical Description: | 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674293960 0674293967 |
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