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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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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| 300 | |a 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (colour) ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- The World's Most Famous Mutation -- Ain't That Peculiar? -- The First Molecular Disease -- Out of Africa -- Celebrity Status -- The Invisible Malady -- Bad Blood -- The Gold Standard -- The African Experience -- Close, But No Cigar -- Sacr e Bleu -- Flipping the Switch -- Reaching the Summit -- Queen Victoria -- Warrior Spirit -- Stamp of Approval -- Moving the Needle -- Blood Sisters -- Epilogue. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Black people |x Medical care. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a CRISPR (Genetics) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Discrimination in medical care. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sickle cell anemia |x Treatment |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sickle cell anemia |x Patients. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sickle cell anemia. | |
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