genetic aspects

Presents the past, present, and future of cancer research in a readable and comprehensive format. Explores the successes and failures of treatments using high doses of chemo- or radiation therapy; the plight of cancer survivors; recent advances in the use of light-activated compounds, monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, and stem cells, which have provided powerful methods for dealing with this disease; as well as the extensive research that has been done to determine the causes of different types of cancer.

An introduction to genetically modified foods. Describes different perspectives on their benefits and risks.

Discusses common types of cancer, cancer cells, oncogenesis, cancer progression, therapies, cancer around the world, and clinical trials, and presents overviews of related topics, including eukaryote cells, recombinant DNA, gene therapy, matching tissues, and the Human Genome Project.

Questions the nature of sexual orientation asking what role genetics plays, whether it is changeable, and how much of the issue is related to personality and looks at societal and cultural factors and how they influence people's perspectives on the subject.

Identifies obesity as a health crisis of epidemic proportions in the United States, examines the health problems associated with obesity, and discusses the role of genetics and environment in determining a person's size.

Presents various aspects of the major health issue, obesity.