Obra que permite entender esta materia tan compleja.
Es un libro fácil de leer, interesante e increiblemente entretenido. No es un tratado ni un compendio, pero cualquier persona interesada en las enfermedades raras disfrutará con esta lectura singular e informativa.
Aborda con éxito la complejidad de la genética y la herencia, así como la compleja relación entre las enfermedades raras y frecuentes, entretejiendo todo para explicar muchos aspectos de la biología y de las enfermedades humanas.
El uso de más de 100 reglas, con la justificación de cada una constituye una vía novedosa y utílisima para resumir los puntos fundamentales de esta obra. Estas reglas constituyen una provechosa ayuda para estudiantes y legos que deseen entender mejor esta compleja disciplina.
Jules Berman holds two bachelor of science degrees from MIT (Mathematics, and Earth and Planetary Sciences), a PhD from Temple University, and an MD, from the University of Miami. He was a graduate researcher in the Fels Cancer Research Institute, at Temple University, and at the American Health Foundation in Valhalla, New York. His post-doctoral studies were completed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and his residency was completed at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Berman served as Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he held joint appointments at the University of Maryland Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. In 1998, he transferred to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, as a Medical Officer, and as the Program Director for Pathology Informatics in the Cancer Diagnosis Program at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Berman is a past President of the Association for Pathology Informatics, and the 2011 recipient of the association's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a listed author on over 200 scientific publications and has written more than a dozen books in his three areas of expertise: informatics, computer programming, and cancer biology. Dr. Berman is currently a free-lance writer.