Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development
Since each human is genetically distinctive, responding differently to disease-causing factors as well as drugs, the field pharmacogenomics arose to develop personalized medicine, or medicine that deals with the complexity of the human body.
Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine by Martin Bock
Conrads life and fiction are often read through the lens of Freudian thought, though Conrad understood his own health from a pre-Freudian perspective. "Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine" recovers that perspective, revises our understanding of Conrads life, and rethinks the dominant themes of his work in light of pre-Freudian medical psychology.
Rat (Animal series) by Jonathan BurtThe rat has been described as the shadow of the human. In this fascinating account of the rat in history, myth, and culture, Jonathan Burt traces the contradictory human relationship with rats from the first archaeological finds to the genetically engineered rats of the present day. He explores the representation of rats in the arts and sciences, religion and myth, and psychoanalysis and medicine, and shows the complex range of human attitudes that the rodent provokes.
