His Brother's Keeper One Family's Journey to the Edge of Medicine

Name: His Brother's Keeper One Family's Journey to the Edge of Medicine
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ISBN: 9780060010089

ISBN-10: 0060010088

ISBN-13: 9780060010089

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Authors: Jonathan Weiner

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Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's --…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Jonathan Weiner is an artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he lives in New York City.



Author's Note



The Key in the Door



The Plan



The Construct



The Sign



The Sudden Fall


Acknowledgments