Biomedicine and the Human Condition: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards

By Michael G. Sargent

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541484
• ISBN13: 9780521541480
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"