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Genomic quirks: the search for spelling errors

By: Publication details: Bengaluru: IISc Press, 2018.Description: 332p.: col., ill.; hbk.: 24cmISBN:
  • 9788192570747
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.8 HAR
Summary: This is a book of real stories about the search for genomic spelling errors that have stark consequences — infants who pass away mysteriously, siblings with misplaced organs, a family with several instances of vision loss, sisters whose hearts fail in the prime of their youth, a boy whose blood can’t carry enough oxygen, a baby with cancer in the eye, a middle-aged patient battling cancer, and the author’s own color blindness. The search in each case proves to be a detective quest that connects the world of medical practice with that of molecular biology, traversing the world of computer algorithms along the way. https://iiscpress.iisc.ac.in/genomic-quirks-the-search-for-spelling-errors/
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Includes epilogue, glossary, references, and index.

This is a book of real stories about the search for genomic spelling errors that have stark consequences — infants who pass away mysteriously, siblings with misplaced organs, a family with several instances of vision loss, sisters whose hearts fail in the prime of their youth, a boy whose blood can’t carry enough oxygen, a baby with cancer in the eye, a middle-aged patient battling cancer, and the author’s own color blindness. The search in each case proves to be a detective quest that connects the world of medical practice with that of molecular biology, traversing the world of computer algorithms along the way.

https://iiscpress.iisc.ac.in/genomic-quirks-the-search-for-spelling-errors/

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