Bijal P. Trivedi
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
Bijal P. Trivedi
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
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Science writer Bijal P. Trivedi gives a comprehensive look at cystic fibrosis, from its late 1930s discovery to the recent development of breakthrough treatments for 90% of patients, and the way treatments for the previously fatal disease are opening the door for curing other life-threatening conditions.
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Science writer Bijal P. Trivedi gives a comprehensive look at cystic fibrosis, from its late 1930s discovery to the recent development of breakthrough treatments for 90% of patients, and the way treatments for the previously fatal disease are opening the door for curing other life-threatening conditions.
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- Verlag: Benbella Books
- Seitenzahl: 576
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 45mm
- Gewicht: 800g
- ISBN-13: 9781948836371
- ISBN-10: 1948836378
- Artikelnr.: 55222844
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Benbella Books
- Seitenzahl: 576
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 45mm
- Gewicht: 800g
- ISBN-13: 9781948836371
- ISBN-10: 1948836378
- Artikelnr.: 55222844
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Bijal P. Trivedi is an award-winning freelance writer specializing in medicine and health. Her work has taken her from the hidden vaults of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Serengeti Plains to Moscow's Star City, where she blasted off with space tourism entrepreneurs on the "Vomit Comet" for astronaut training. Her work has appeared in Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, Wired, The Economist, National Geographic, Science, Self, Nature, among others. Her feature "The Wipeout Gene" was anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing: 2012. Trivedi is the former editor of the NIH Director's Blog, which shares compelling, cutting edge biomedical research with the general public. Trivedi also worked as a writer and editor for the National Geographic News Service, a wire service she helped launch in partnership with the New York Times Syndicate.
Contents Introduction Part I Chapter 1: Hello, Joey 1974 Chapter 2: The Treatment Plan 1974 Chapter 3: Case 44: Babies Hospital, New York City 1935 Chapter 4: A New Disease 1936
1937 Chapter 5: An Equal Opportunity Disease 1938
1942 Chapter 6: Christmas Homecoming 1974
1977 Chapter 7: The Sweat Test 1943
1960 Chapter 8: A Tribe of Desperate Parents 1950
1955 Chapter 9: Lessons from Polio 1955
1960 Chapter 10: The Registry 1960
1966 Chapter 11: The Therapist 1977 Chapter 12: A Disease in Search of Ideas 1964
1980 Chapter 13: The Hitman Cometh 1979
1982 Chapter 14: Salt and Water 1970
1981 Chapter 15: Salty Boy 1981
1983 Chapter 16: Birth of an Advocate 1984 Chapter 17: Out of Many, One 1978
1984 Part 2 Chapter 18: The Gene Hunters 1980
1984 Chapter 19: Lucky Number Seven 1984
1985 Chapter 20: Kate 1986 Chapter 21: To Screen or Not to Screen Newborns 1985 Chapter 22: Michigan 1985 Chapter 23: Joey's Long Goodbye 1986 Chapter 24: Mad Pursuit 1987 Chapter 25: The Gene 1989 Chapter 26: Runny, Like Water 1989
1994 Chapter 27: Venture Philanthropy
A New Way to Fund Drug Development 1977
1999 Chapter 28: The Gene Is the Medicine 1989
1991 Chapter 29: Transforming the Lungs 1992
2003 Chapter 30: First
in
Human Trials 1992
1993 Chapter 31: The Beall Curve 1996 Part 3 Chapter 32: The Joey Fund 1989
1999 Chapter 33: A Network for Developing Therapeutic Drugs 1997
1998 Chapter 34: Aurora 1998
1999 Chapter 35: The Gates Open 1987
2000 Chapter 36: A Tale of Four Families
CF in the New Millennium 1999 Chapter 37: The Takeover 2001 Chapter 38: Getting the Band Together 2001
2003 Chapter 39: Pay to Play 2002
2004 Chapter 40: Molecular Architects of Vertex West 2004
2005 Chapter 41: Rat to Man 2003
2004 Chapter 42: A Christmas Gift 2004
2005 Chapter 43: The Lucky Four 2005
2007 Chapter 44: The Doorman Launches the Era of Genetic Medicine 2007
2008 Chapter 45: Disruption Fall 2008 Chapter 46: Tasting like Average People 2010
2012 Chapter 47: Milestones to a Cure 2004
2015 Chapter 48: Tackling the Common Mutation 2004
2013 Chapter 49: What Mutation Are You? 2013
2014 Chapter 50: The Mother of All Deals 2014 Chapter 51: Very Personal Clinical Trials 2021
2017 Chapter 52: The Triple 2015
2017 Chapter 53: The Home Stretch 2018 Chapter 54: The Leftovers 2015
2020 Chapter 55: A New Generation 2017
2020 Epilogue 2019
2020 Acknowledgments Timeline Endnotes About the Author
1937 Chapter 5: An Equal Opportunity Disease 1938
1942 Chapter 6: Christmas Homecoming 1974
1977 Chapter 7: The Sweat Test 1943
1960 Chapter 8: A Tribe of Desperate Parents 1950
1955 Chapter 9: Lessons from Polio 1955
1960 Chapter 10: The Registry 1960
1966 Chapter 11: The Therapist 1977 Chapter 12: A Disease in Search of Ideas 1964
1980 Chapter 13: The Hitman Cometh 1979
1982 Chapter 14: Salt and Water 1970
1981 Chapter 15: Salty Boy 1981
1983 Chapter 16: Birth of an Advocate 1984 Chapter 17: Out of Many, One 1978
1984 Part 2 Chapter 18: The Gene Hunters 1980
1984 Chapter 19: Lucky Number Seven 1984
1985 Chapter 20: Kate 1986 Chapter 21: To Screen or Not to Screen Newborns 1985 Chapter 22: Michigan 1985 Chapter 23: Joey's Long Goodbye 1986 Chapter 24: Mad Pursuit 1987 Chapter 25: The Gene 1989 Chapter 26: Runny, Like Water 1989
1994 Chapter 27: Venture Philanthropy
A New Way to Fund Drug Development 1977
1999 Chapter 28: The Gene Is the Medicine 1989
1991 Chapter 29: Transforming the Lungs 1992
2003 Chapter 30: First
in
Human Trials 1992
1993 Chapter 31: The Beall Curve 1996 Part 3 Chapter 32: The Joey Fund 1989
1999 Chapter 33: A Network for Developing Therapeutic Drugs 1997
1998 Chapter 34: Aurora 1998
1999 Chapter 35: The Gates Open 1987
2000 Chapter 36: A Tale of Four Families
CF in the New Millennium 1999 Chapter 37: The Takeover 2001 Chapter 38: Getting the Band Together 2001
2003 Chapter 39: Pay to Play 2002
2004 Chapter 40: Molecular Architects of Vertex West 2004
2005 Chapter 41: Rat to Man 2003
2004 Chapter 42: A Christmas Gift 2004
2005 Chapter 43: The Lucky Four 2005
2007 Chapter 44: The Doorman Launches the Era of Genetic Medicine 2007
2008 Chapter 45: Disruption Fall 2008 Chapter 46: Tasting like Average People 2010
2012 Chapter 47: Milestones to a Cure 2004
2015 Chapter 48: Tackling the Common Mutation 2004
2013 Chapter 49: What Mutation Are You? 2013
2014 Chapter 50: The Mother of All Deals 2014 Chapter 51: Very Personal Clinical Trials 2021
2017 Chapter 52: The Triple 2015
2017 Chapter 53: The Home Stretch 2018 Chapter 54: The Leftovers 2015
2020 Chapter 55: A New Generation 2017
2020 Epilogue 2019
2020 Acknowledgments Timeline Endnotes About the Author
Contents Introduction Part I Chapter 1: Hello, Joey 1974 Chapter 2: The Treatment Plan 1974 Chapter 3: Case 44: Babies Hospital, New York City 1935 Chapter 4: A New Disease 1936
1937 Chapter 5: An Equal Opportunity Disease 1938
1942 Chapter 6: Christmas Homecoming 1974
1977 Chapter 7: The Sweat Test 1943
1960 Chapter 8: A Tribe of Desperate Parents 1950
1955 Chapter 9: Lessons from Polio 1955
1960 Chapter 10: The Registry 1960
1966 Chapter 11: The Therapist 1977 Chapter 12: A Disease in Search of Ideas 1964
1980 Chapter 13: The Hitman Cometh 1979
1982 Chapter 14: Salt and Water 1970
1981 Chapter 15: Salty Boy 1981
1983 Chapter 16: Birth of an Advocate 1984 Chapter 17: Out of Many, One 1978
1984 Part 2 Chapter 18: The Gene Hunters 1980
1984 Chapter 19: Lucky Number Seven 1984
1985 Chapter 20: Kate 1986 Chapter 21: To Screen or Not to Screen Newborns 1985 Chapter 22: Michigan 1985 Chapter 23: Joey's Long Goodbye 1986 Chapter 24: Mad Pursuit 1987 Chapter 25: The Gene 1989 Chapter 26: Runny, Like Water 1989
1994 Chapter 27: Venture Philanthropy
A New Way to Fund Drug Development 1977
1999 Chapter 28: The Gene Is the Medicine 1989
1991 Chapter 29: Transforming the Lungs 1992
2003 Chapter 30: First
in
Human Trials 1992
1993 Chapter 31: The Beall Curve 1996 Part 3 Chapter 32: The Joey Fund 1989
1999 Chapter 33: A Network for Developing Therapeutic Drugs 1997
1998 Chapter 34: Aurora 1998
1999 Chapter 35: The Gates Open 1987
2000 Chapter 36: A Tale of Four Families
CF in the New Millennium 1999 Chapter 37: The Takeover 2001 Chapter 38: Getting the Band Together 2001
2003 Chapter 39: Pay to Play 2002
2004 Chapter 40: Molecular Architects of Vertex West 2004
2005 Chapter 41: Rat to Man 2003
2004 Chapter 42: A Christmas Gift 2004
2005 Chapter 43: The Lucky Four 2005
2007 Chapter 44: The Doorman Launches the Era of Genetic Medicine 2007
2008 Chapter 45: Disruption Fall 2008 Chapter 46: Tasting like Average People 2010
2012 Chapter 47: Milestones to a Cure 2004
2015 Chapter 48: Tackling the Common Mutation 2004
2013 Chapter 49: What Mutation Are You? 2013
2014 Chapter 50: The Mother of All Deals 2014 Chapter 51: Very Personal Clinical Trials 2021
2017 Chapter 52: The Triple 2015
2017 Chapter 53: The Home Stretch 2018 Chapter 54: The Leftovers 2015
2020 Chapter 55: A New Generation 2017
2020 Epilogue 2019
2020 Acknowledgments Timeline Endnotes About the Author
1937 Chapter 5: An Equal Opportunity Disease 1938
1942 Chapter 6: Christmas Homecoming 1974
1977 Chapter 7: The Sweat Test 1943
1960 Chapter 8: A Tribe of Desperate Parents 1950
1955 Chapter 9: Lessons from Polio 1955
1960 Chapter 10: The Registry 1960
1966 Chapter 11: The Therapist 1977 Chapter 12: A Disease in Search of Ideas 1964
1980 Chapter 13: The Hitman Cometh 1979
1982 Chapter 14: Salt and Water 1970
1981 Chapter 15: Salty Boy 1981
1983 Chapter 16: Birth of an Advocate 1984 Chapter 17: Out of Many, One 1978
1984 Part 2 Chapter 18: The Gene Hunters 1980
1984 Chapter 19: Lucky Number Seven 1984
1985 Chapter 20: Kate 1986 Chapter 21: To Screen or Not to Screen Newborns 1985 Chapter 22: Michigan 1985 Chapter 23: Joey's Long Goodbye 1986 Chapter 24: Mad Pursuit 1987 Chapter 25: The Gene 1989 Chapter 26: Runny, Like Water 1989
1994 Chapter 27: Venture Philanthropy
A New Way to Fund Drug Development 1977
1999 Chapter 28: The Gene Is the Medicine 1989
1991 Chapter 29: Transforming the Lungs 1992
2003 Chapter 30: First
in
Human Trials 1992
1993 Chapter 31: The Beall Curve 1996 Part 3 Chapter 32: The Joey Fund 1989
1999 Chapter 33: A Network for Developing Therapeutic Drugs 1997
1998 Chapter 34: Aurora 1998
1999 Chapter 35: The Gates Open 1987
2000 Chapter 36: A Tale of Four Families
CF in the New Millennium 1999 Chapter 37: The Takeover 2001 Chapter 38: Getting the Band Together 2001
2003 Chapter 39: Pay to Play 2002
2004 Chapter 40: Molecular Architects of Vertex West 2004
2005 Chapter 41: Rat to Man 2003
2004 Chapter 42: A Christmas Gift 2004
2005 Chapter 43: The Lucky Four 2005
2007 Chapter 44: The Doorman Launches the Era of Genetic Medicine 2007
2008 Chapter 45: Disruption Fall 2008 Chapter 46: Tasting like Average People 2010
2012 Chapter 47: Milestones to a Cure 2004
2015 Chapter 48: Tackling the Common Mutation 2004
2013 Chapter 49: What Mutation Are You? 2013
2014 Chapter 50: The Mother of All Deals 2014 Chapter 51: Very Personal Clinical Trials 2021
2017 Chapter 52: The Triple 2015
2017 Chapter 53: The Home Stretch 2018 Chapter 54: The Leftovers 2015
2020 Chapter 55: A New Generation 2017
2020 Epilogue 2019
2020 Acknowledgments Timeline Endnotes About the Author