Ronald E

The future of medicine

Revisado: 04-12-10

This book is required reading for any educated person who wants to understand where medicine is headed in the near future - especially, for my students! It presents the science of human genomics and genomic medicine in a manner understandable to liberal arts college and professional health science students, yet preserves the technical accuracy of the science by avoiding oversimplification. I listened to the audiobook twice and then had to buy the hardcopy so I could use it as a reference. The text is accompanied by simple yet very informing illustrations, some of which are quite innovative in teaching science concepts. The illustrations, along with the Glossary and other Appendices, are available as a PDF download. Dr. Collins is one of the truly distinguished pioneers of the genomic medicine era. His group discovered the chromosomal location of the CFTR gene, variants of which cause cystic fibrosis. He has also made significant contributions to spiritual thinking and has worked to relieve the tensions between religion and science, particularly regarding human evolution. If you have every wondered what people are talking about when the term "personalized medicine" is used, this book explains all the details. It also will help you understand what true promise is held, and what some of the hype is all about. As any great teacher would, he actively encourages the reader to apply these breakthroughs and innovations to the reader's own health status, and provides a wealth of resources, mostly on-line web tools to inspire the reader to explore genomic personally. Anyone who follows his recommendations will be way ahead of the current state of medicine, and could gain significant insight into personal and family health that few MDs could provide at this time.

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