Genes, Blood, and Courage A Boy Called Immortal Sword

Name: Genes, Blood, and Courage A Boy Called Immortal Sword
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ISBN: 9780674344730

ISBN-10: 0674344731

ISBN-13: 9780674344730

Edition: 1995

Authors: David G. Nathan

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David Nathan was stunned when he first saw Dayem Saif at Children's Hospital in Boston in September 1968. Dayem was then a six-year-old with the stature of an average-sized boy of two. He wore baby shoes on his tiny feet and was unable to walk without holding his mother's hand. His color was dark yet pasty and his face horribly misshapen. The child was being ravaged by thalassemia, a life-threatening inherited disease of the blood, and one of the leading causes of disfigurement, disability, and death in children worldwide. Without effective treatment, Dayem would almost certainly die before his twentieth birthday. Genes, Blood, and Courage is David Nathan's absorbing story of the…

Book details

List price: $26.50
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/7/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



The First Meeting


Killer or Savior Seduced by Thalassemia


Grasping Opportunities Hard Choices


Iron Overload


A New Face Banned in Boston


The Recombinant DNA Scare Failing Genes From Drugs to Gene Therapy


Closing In Celebration and Reflection


Families, Patients, and Doctors


Further Reading


Glossary


Index