Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Scientist and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, calls his book a biography of cancer rather than simply a history. The author explores a wide range of research, historical accounts, and personal stories in this intensive look at the back-story of cancer. This includes the evolution of cancer's nature, treatment, and the scientific and medical communities' understanding of the disease, as well as the support of...
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Essential, required listening for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine-and how understanding these principles can empower us all. Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way he understood...
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Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative, go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it's estimated that about 1.3 million of these cases are hereditary. Yet despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simple bad luck...
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[2023]
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Español
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En un relato a la vez lírico y amplio, Mukherjee nos lleva a través de una historia de la comprensión humana: desde el descubrimiento en el siglo XVII de que estamos formados por células hasta la actual tecnología de vanguardia para manipular y desplegar células con fines terapéuticos". The New Yorker Tras los éxitos de El emperador de todos los males y El gen, Siddhartha Mukherjee se adentra en la increíble y apasionante historia...
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