Breath from salt : a deadly genetic disease, a new era in science, and the patients and families who changed medicine forever / Bijal P. Trivedi.
TITLE:
Breath from salt : a deadly genetic disease, a new era in science, and the patients and families who changed medicine forever / Bijal P. Trivedi.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books, Inc.,
Physical Description:
xviii, 558 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-540) and index.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781948836371
