Breath from Salt
A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
$56.45
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2020
Summary
Recommended by Bill Gates and included in GatesNotes
“Elaborating on the science as well as the business behind the fight against cystic fibrosis, Trivedi captures the emotions of the families, doctors, and scientists involved in the clinical trials and their ‘weeping with joy’ as new drugs are approved, and shows how cystic fibrosis, once a ‘death sentence,’ became, for many, a manageable condition. This is a rewarding and challenging work.”
—Publishers Weekl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781948836371 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1948836378 |
| Author: | Bijal P. Trivedi |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 799g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
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”“I couldn’t put the book down.””
—Bill Gates
“A thorough and engrossing saga packed with information, Breath from Salt is really about the transformative power of hope. It arrives at just the right moment, when too many of us have forgotten what human faith, ingenuity, and relentless determination can accomplish.”
—Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Toms River
“Beautifully written, Breath from Salt brings to life the amazing story of a passionate community that dared to dream, work together, and take extraordinary risks to bring life-saving treatments to those with cystic fibrosis. Timely and important, the breakthroughs described in this book are likely to accelerate cures for many other genetic diseases.”
—Dr. Preston W. Campbell, former president and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Bijal P. Trivedi
Bijal P. Trivedi is an award-winning freelance writer specializing in medicine and health. Her work has taken her from the hidden vaults of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Serengeti Plains to Moscow’s Star City, where she blasted off with space tourism entrepreneurs on the “Vomit Comet” for astronaut training. Her work has appeared in *Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, Wired, The Economist, National Geographic, Science, Self, Nature, among others. Her feature “The Wipeout Gene” was anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing: 2012. Trivedi is the former editor of the NIH Director’s Blog, which shares compelling, cutting edge biomedical research with the general public. Trivedi also worked as a writer and editor for the National Geographic News Service, a wire service she helped launch in partnership with the New York Times Syndicate.
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