A boy who did not stop growing... and other stories about genes and people. Kerk E.

How to give birth to a healthy child? Why does my child have heart problems? Will I have Khorey Huntington, like my father and grandfather? The theme of genetic diseases today becomes ordinary, however, what medical genetics are, many are vaguely. Unlike the therapist accompanying the patient from the cradle to the grave, the geneticist monitors his life before her origin and years after its completion. During his professional activity, Dr. Kurke had a chance to take part in the fate of thousands of people, and this period coincided with the era of an unprecedented breakthrough in genetics. The experience of a practitioner and a scientist, combined with the gift of the narrator, allowed the author to write a magnificent overview of the history of medical genetics and evaluate its prospects, clarifying the most difficult issues for real examples for everyone who wants to comprehend the subtlety of this new science.