0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Congenital diseases & disorders > Hereditary diseases & disorders

Buy Now

The Cure - How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His Children (Paperback) Loot Price: R568
Discovery Miles 5 680
You Save: R93 (14%)
The Cure - How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His Children (Paperback):...

The Cure - How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His Children (Paperback)

Geeta Anand

 (sign in to rate)
Was R661 Loot Price R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 You Save R93 (14%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

The riveting true story of John and Aileen Crowley's race to find a cure for Pompe disease that inspired the movie Extraordinary Measures

With three beautiful children, a new house, and financial security, John and Aileen Crowley were on top of the world--until their two youngest children, fifteen-month-old Megan and five-month-old Patrick, were diagnosed with Pompe disease and given only months to live. Refusing to accept a death sentence, John quit his financial consultant job and invested his life savings in a biotechnology start-up to research the disease and find a cure. Battling scientific setbacks, conflict of interest accusations, and business troubles, John and Aileen would be tested to their limits as they valiantly fought, and succeeded, in finding revolutionary new treatment for the disease--offering hope to Megan, Patrick, and the many children and families affected by Pompe disease around the world.

The inspiration for the captivating film Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, The Cure is a remarkable true story of cutting-edge science, business acumen and daring, and one family's indomitable spirit.

General

Imprint: HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2010
First published: 2010
Authors: Geeta Anand
Dimensions: 224 x 150 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-073440-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Congenital diseases & disorders > Hereditary diseases & disorders
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
Promotions
LSN: 0-06-073440-X
Barcode: 9780060734404

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases - A…
Hans D. Ochs, C.I. Edvard Smith, … Hardcover R8,695 Discovery Miles 86 950
Renal Diet Cookbook - The Ultimate Guide…
Evelyn Myers Hardcover R872 Discovery Miles 8 720
Renal Diet Cookbook - The Ultimate Guide…
Evelyn Myers Hardcover R778 Discovery Miles 7 780
Stem Cells for Cancer and Genetic…
Phuc Van Pham, Ahmed El-Hashash Hardcover R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780
Morbid Anatomy of the Genome, Volume 2
R.S. Verma Hardcover R2,815 Discovery Miles 28 150
Cures - Medical Experts don't want to…
William B Mount Hardcover R702 Discovery Miles 7 020
Gluten-Free Diet for Beginners - Create…
Kira Novac Hardcover R499 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680
Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century
Bernd Gausemeier Hardcover R4,448 Discovery Miles 44 480
Mechanisms of Environmental…
A. Kappas Hardcover R2,505 Discovery Miles 25 050
Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk…
Kathy Steligo, Sue Friedman, … Paperback R673 Discovery Miles 6 730
Colour Atlas of Paediatric Facial…
Trevor P. Mann Hardcover R2,017 R1,751 Discovery Miles 17 510
The Secret Body - How the New Science of…
Daniel M. Davis Hardcover R592 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300

See more

Partners