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From Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the ancients and may never change as long as there are human beings -- about what Lucretius calls ‘the ever-living wound of love.' "The Heywoods mean the whole story to me now: an allegory from the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the ancients and may never change as long as there are human beings -- about what Lucretius calls ‘the ever-living wound of love.' "The Heywoods mean the whole In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more. It turns out that the author has a personal stake in the new millennium," Weiner writes.
In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more. It turns out that the author has a personal stake in the new biology. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more. It turns out that the author has a personal stake in the new biology.
"They also We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more. It turns out that the author has a personal stake in the new biology.
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