The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine

by Francis S. Collins

Book Overview

"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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061733172
• ISBN13: 9780061733178
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"