Page 24 - My FlipBook

“ If we can take away that element of desperation and have

some diagnosis for them even though it’s a bad diagnosis,
they’re incredibly grateful and it changes their lives and the
lives of their families.”
—William Gahl, director of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program
at the National Institutes of Health
“ Doctors have always recognized that every patient is

unique, and doctors have always tried to tailor their treatments
as best they can to individuals. You can match a blood
transfusion to a blood type—that was an important discovery.
What if matching a cancer cure to our genetic code was just as
easy, just as standard? What if figuring out the right dose of
medicine was as simple as taking our temperature?”
—Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

“ There are 7,000 genetic diseases for which we know the

precise DNA misspelling. Couldn’t [gene therapy] work for lots
of those—maybe someday all of them?”
—Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health

An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
www.lernerbooks.com

An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
www.lernerbooks.com