Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNDERSTANDING THE MEANS BY WHICH OUR GENES INFLUENCE OUR HEALTH
- 2 THE MECHANISM WHEREBY A GENE MAKES ITS PROTEIN
- 3 UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE
- 4 USING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY INFORMATION TO PREDICT YOUR RISK FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES
- 5 USING GENETIC TESTING TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH AND PERSONALISE YOUR MEDICAL CARE, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
- 6 MAKING THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE GENETIC TESTING, AND INTERPRETING THE RESULTS OF TESTS YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE PERFORMED
- 7 NUTRIGENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS: THE EFFECTS OUR DIET, ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE HAVE ON OUR GENES AND PROTEINS
- EPILOGUE AND USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
- INDEX
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Frontmatter
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNDERSTANDING THE MEANS BY WHICH OUR GENES INFLUENCE OUR HEALTH
- 2 THE MECHANISM WHEREBY A GENE MAKES ITS PROTEIN
- 3 UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE
- 4 USING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY INFORMATION TO PREDICT YOUR RISK FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES
- 5 USING GENETIC TESTING TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH AND PERSONALISE YOUR MEDICAL CARE, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
- 6 MAKING THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE GENETIC TESTING, AND INTERPRETING THE RESULTS OF TESTS YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE PERFORMED
- 7 NUTRIGENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS: THE EFFECTS OUR DIET, ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE HAVE ON OUR GENES AND PROTEINS
- EPILOGUE AND USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
- INDEX
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- Your Genes, Your Health and Personalised Medicine , pp. i - ivPublisher: Nottingham University PressPrint publication year: 2011