Medicinsk genetik

Om Ett utstakat öde?Har jag fötts till ett förutbestämt öde? Vad är det i så fall som bestämmer hur det formats? Och kan jag förändra detta öde genom mitt sätt att leva?

I sin nya bok Ett utstakat öde? väver psykiatern och forskaren Markus Heilig samman personliga erfarenheter, patientberättelser och de senaste rönen från neurovetenskap och genetik till en skildring av hur människors tillvaro formas. Med utgångspunkt i sin fars överlevnad från koncentrationslägret ställer han frågan: Är våra liv ett resultat av arv, erfarenheter eller slumpen – och hur påverkas livet av berättelserna vi skapar för att förstå det?

Ett utstakat öde? rör sig från antikens myter till dagens psykologi, hjärnforskning och genetiska framsteg, från akutmottagningens nattpass till de stora existentiella frågorna. Det är en bok om lidande, hopp och ofrånkomliga begränsningar. Men också om möjligheten att genom kunskap kunna leva friare.

Sagt om boken:”Måsteläsning för den som vill förstå sig själv, och andra, bättre.”Jenni Carström, Filter, mars 26

”Sammanfattningsvis är Ett utstakat öde? en tänkvärd och välskriven bok som erbjuder djup och insikt. Den rekommenderas varmt för alla som önskar utforska människans natur.”Diana Fabian, Sokraten, nr 2 2026

”Texten rör sig ytterst överskådligt mellan personliga upplevelser och berättelser från patienter samt forskning. De existentiella frågorna är centrala liksom hjärnforskningens betydelse men även psykologi, litteratur och historia får utrymme i denna utomordentligt beskrivande bok om livets betingelser. [...] Alla som har intresse av människors villkor utifrån såväl naturvetenskapliga som humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv kommer att ha glädje av boken, som är en fröjd att läsa.” Helhetsbetyg: 5.Maria Fridstjerna, BTJ-häftet nr 6, 2026

»… vi förstod båda att vi inte skulle vara i hamn förrän vi hade byggt en fullständig modell där samtliga stereokemiska bindningar var tillfredsställande. Dessutom kunde vetskapen om dess existens få så dramatiska följder att vi borde ligga lågt ett tag. Jag kände därför visst obehag när Francis på lunchen gled in på The Eagle för att låta alla inom höravstånd få veta att vi hade funnit livets hemlighet.«

När en ung James Watson träffar Francis Crick vid universitetet i Cambridge hösten 1951 är genombrottet som ska komma att revolutionera förståelsen av allt biologiskt liv bara ett par år bort – upptäckten av DNA-molekylens genetiska funktion och spiralformade struktur.

Dubbelspiralen är en av 1900-talets stora vetenskapliga berättelser. Med sin personliga banbrytande stil skildrar James Watson det forskningsarbete, de rivaliteter och vänskaper, som skulle leda fram till upptäckten av livets kod.

Vetenskapliga klassiker ges ut i samarbete med Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien.

Up to date and extensively revised to reflect recent advances in the genetics of common diseases, as well as current progress in gene therapy, Medical Genetics, 6th Edition, delivers easy-to-read, highly visual coverage of this rapidly changing field. This accessible, practical text integrates key concepts with clinical practice, highlighted by numerous illustrations, tables, concept summaries, and more - all designed to enhance effective learning and retention of complex material.

How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution''s response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off?

Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.

Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.

Survival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth—and, especially, what that means for us.

Read it. You''re already living it.

Read by Eric Conger

Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.

So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments—diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia—came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease.

With mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into :

• How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age

• Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies,

• Why Asians can’t drink as much alcohol as Europeans

Revelatory, utterly engaging, and timely—Moalem ponders strongN1, the emerging Avian Flu virus—Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can’t Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodies and ourselves.

""His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease.” —Barack Obama

From Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, 2007 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 15-year head of the Human Genome Project, comes one of the most important medical books of the year: The Language of Life. With accessible, insightful prose, Dr. Collins describes the medical, scientific, and genetic revolution that is currently unlocking the secrets of “personalized medicine,” and offers practical advice on how to utilize these discoveries for you and your family’s current and future health and well-being. In the words of Dr. Jerome Groopman (How Doctors Think), The Language of Life “sets out hope without hype, and will enrich the mind and uplift the heart.”

Two leaders in the field of genetics—a bioethicist-health lawyer and an obstetrician-gynecologist geneticist—answer the most pressing questions about the application of new genetics to our universal medicine and what personalized medicine means for individual healthcare.

Breakthroughs in genetic research are changing modern medicine and pharmaceuticals. But what are these changes and how do they affect our individual care? Genomic Messages examines these groundbreaking changes and the questions they raise: What kind of specific medical innovation do we have to look forward to now and tomorrow? How will this “flood” of genetic messages change our lives, our interaction with our physicians and our healthcare system?

Groundbreaking and provocative, Genomic Messages fuses the often conflicting worlds of medicine and law to provide information and insight that will impact the health choices of every one of us, from how medicine is practiced to concepts of privacy, confidentiality, and informed consent. Ultimately, it reveals how genetic information is changing how we think about ourselves, our health, and our future.

Boiled-down essentials of the top-selling Schaum''s Outline series for the student with limited time

What could be better than the bestselling Schaum''s Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum''s Easy Outline series. Every book in this series is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, each new title features a streamlined and updated format and the absolute essence of the subject, presented in a concise and readily understandable form.

Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give students quick pointers to the essentials.

There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

Genetics Demystified offers an up-to-date, highly readable explanation of the basic principles of genetics, covering key topics such as human genetics, DNA, heredity, mutations, traits, chromosomes, and much more. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.