The match : "savior siblings" and one family's battle to heal their daughter /

My Sister's Keeper in nonfiction: a family's real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitehouse, Beth, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Trebing, Katie > Health.
Trebing, Katie
Anemia in children > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Bone marrow > Transplantation > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Pure red cell aplasia > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Anemia.
Anemia
Bone Marrow Transplantation > ethics
Ethics, Clinical
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > ethics
Siblings
Tissue Donors > ethics
Fertilization in Vitro
Anémie chez l'enfant > Patients > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Moelle osseuse > Greffe > Patients > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Érythroblastopénie chronique acquise > Patients > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Fécondation in vitro.
Dons d'organes, de tissus, etc. > Gestion.
Anémie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Children's Health.
Bone marrow > Transplantation > Patients
Fertilization in vitro, Human
Health
New York
New York (State) > New York
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
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Sumario:My Sister's Keeper in nonfiction: a family's real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lifetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognosis. Pulitzer Prize'winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. The Match is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 255 pages)
ISBN:9780807097755
0807097756

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