The Resource Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them, Gina Kolata
Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them, Gina Kolata
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- Summary
- "New York Times science reporter and bestselling author Gina Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an almost archetypal family in a small town in South Carolina. A proud and determined clan, many of them doctors, they are struck one by one with an inscrutable illness. They finally discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of events that many saw as providential. Meanwhile, science, progressing for a half a century along a parallel track, had handed the Baxleys a resolution--not a cure, but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease and who did not. And science would offer another dilemma--fertility specialists had created a way to spare the children through an expensive process. This is the story of a family that took matters into its own hands when the medical world abandoned them. It's a story of a family that had to deal with unspeakable tragedy and yet did not allow it to tear them apart. And it is the story of a young woman, Amanda Baxley, who faced the future head on, determined to find a way to disrupt her family's destiny."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 262 pages
- Contents
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- Part I. A disease
- Prologue
- The prophecy
- "No goddamn bastard on earth has ever seen a disease like this thing"
- Revelation
- An uncertain inheritance
- Truth like science fiction
- Birthright
- Insomnia
- Naming the problem
- No return
- Tested
- Part II. Amanda Baxley: the next generation
- A life transformed
- Options
- A foreign land
- The envelope
- Of two minds
- A unique way
- "We have no other options"
- Prescription fertility
- New lives
- Carrying forth
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781250064349
- Label
- Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
- Title
- Mercies in disguise
- Title remainder
- a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
- Statement of responsibility
- Gina Kolata
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "New York Times science reporter and bestselling author Gina Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an almost archetypal family in a small town in South Carolina. A proud and determined clan, many of them doctors, they are struck one by one with an inscrutable illness. They finally discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of events that many saw as providential. Meanwhile, science, progressing for a half a century along a parallel track, had handed the Baxleys a resolution--not a cure, but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease and who did not. And science would offer another dilemma--fertility specialists had created a way to spare the children through an expensive process. This is the story of a family that took matters into its own hands when the medical world abandoned them. It's a story of a family that had to deal with unspeakable tragedy and yet did not allow it to tear them apart. And it is the story of a young woman, Amanda Baxley, who faced the future head on, determined to find a way to disrupt her family's destiny."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kolata, Gina Bari
- Dewey number
- 616/.042
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RB155.5
- LC item number
- .K65 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Baxley family
- Baxley family
- Baxley, Amanda
- Kuru
- Medical genetics
- Genetic disorders
- Genetic screening
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them, Gina Kolata
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. A disease -- Prologue -- The prophecy -- "No goddamn bastard on earth has ever seen a disease like this thing" -- Revelation -- An uncertain inheritance -- Truth like science fiction -- Birthright -- Insomnia -- Naming the problem -- No return -- Tested -- Part II. Amanda Baxley: the next generation -- A life transformed -- Options -- A foreign land -- The envelope -- Of two minds -- A unique way -- "We have no other options" -- Prescription fertility -- New lives -- Carrying forth -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250064349
- Lccn
- 2016044044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn966082972
- (OCoLC)966082972
- Label
- Mercies in disguise : a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them, Gina Kolata
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. A disease -- Prologue -- The prophecy -- "No goddamn bastard on earth has ever seen a disease like this thing" -- Revelation -- An uncertain inheritance -- Truth like science fiction -- Birthright -- Insomnia -- Naming the problem -- No return -- Tested -- Part II. Amanda Baxley: the next generation -- A life transformed -- Options -- A foreign land -- The envelope -- Of two minds -- A unique way -- "We have no other options" -- Prescription fertility -- New lives -- Carrying forth -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250064349
- Lccn
- 2016044044
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn966082972
- (OCoLC)966082972
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