Biomedicine and the Human Condition: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521541480)

How to avoid disease, how to breed successfully, and how to live to a reasonable age are questions that have perplexed humankind throughout history. This book explores our progress in understanding these challenges, and the risks and rewards of devising solutions. A broad range of topics are covered, including reproduction, the development of human progeny from conception to adulthood, staying healthy, ageing, cancer, infection and the burden of our genetic legacy.

Author: Michael G. Sargent
ISBN-10: 0521541484
ISBN-13: 9780521541480
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2005
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.89d