Explores new technologies such as microarrays and tandem mass spectrometry.
Offers new material on pharmacogenomics.
Includes a new discussion of ethical and social implications of new genetic technologies.
Devotes a new section to the advances made possible by The Human Genome Project,such as the use of genomics databases to identify disease-causing genes.
Contains a new section to the advances made possible by the Human Genome Project,such as the use of genomics databases to identify disease-causing genes.
Contains a new section of Human Cloning,Genetic Enhancement,and Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
Presents new information on tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes and their roles in carcinogenesis
Incorporates new information on genes that predispose individuals to hypertension,type 2 diabetes ,Alzheimer's disease,obesity ,heart disease ,and stroke.