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Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them
By Kolata, Gina
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- 9781250064349 9781250123992
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on December 1, 2016 | Science and Technology
Kuru, an incurable genetic disease native to Papua New Guinea, finds its way to the Baxleys, a conservative Christian family of doctors in small-town South Carolina who battle kuru—a degenerative and deadly mix of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's—while trying to uncover its mysterious origin and possibly escape its fate. New York Times science and medicine reporter Kolata (Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss—and th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
