Anders, Mason
Summary: Did you know that most of our bodies' cells contain about 6 feet (2 meters) of DNA? Learn how DNA and genes determine each unique trait of plants and animals by taking a close look at the make up and structure of DNA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572.8 ANDEtting, Jessica Koosed
Summary: Abby spends the summer after her senior year of high school--and a life-changing diagnosis--with her aunt on Catalina Island, reconnecting with family, forging a new path, and finding love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Merrye children suffer from a rare genetic malady in which they mentally regress to a condition of pre-human savagery and cannibalism. They live in their family mansion and terrorize and kill anyone or anything that passes through the gates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SPINewman, Magdalena M.
Summary: "Praised by RJ Palacio as "wondrous"--this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from diagnosis at birth to now. "This touching memoir is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the real world experiences of a child with craniofacial differences and his extraordinary family. It's also more than that. It's a story about the love between a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NEWPatent, Dorothy Hinshaw
Summary: "In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Newman, Magdalena M.
Summary: "A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NEWPollack, Eileen
Summary: Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine’s Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal—Valentine’s killed her mother, and she and her freewheeling sister, Laurel, could be genetic carriers; each has a fifty percent chance of developing the disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POLAvise, John C.
Summary: How do you explain flaw in a world engineered by God? Avise extends this age-old question to the most basic aspect of humanity's physical evidence-- our genes-- and provides the evolutionary answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 611.0181 AVIGormley, Myra Vanderpool
Summary: This compact book is a primer on both inherited disease and genealogy, but emphasizes the latter, as might be expected from the author, a genealogist. Gormley provides sketchy, anecdotal information on genetic research, but leaves diagnosis and detailed medical explanations to the experts. Instead, she offers a summary of resources for genealogic investigations, explaining how to utilize state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.042 GORPlain, Belva.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLALinder, Joselin
Summary: A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINDER, JOSELIN LINAvery, Lara
Summary: When a rare genetic disorder steals away her memories and then her health, teenaged Sammie records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION AVECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AVEZuckoff, Mitchell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.3 ZUCBeck, Martha Nibley
Summary: Describes how a mother struggled to cope when her unborn second child, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, her decision to keep her son, and his magical influence on her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BECK, MARTHA BECHolden, Wendy
Summary: "#1 International Bestseller When Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever. Owen--known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"--has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair. Before being united with Haatchi, Little B was anxious and found it difficult to make friends. Haatchi--an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636 HOLWilson, Susan
Summary: Contemporary retelling of "Beauty and the Beast, " in which artist Alix Miller meets and falls in love with mystery writer Leland Crompton, a man who has withdrawn from the world due to a rare genetic disease that has left him disfigured.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILWilson, Susan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 1996
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WilsoSummary: Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TIMGerber, Alyson
Summary: When twelve-year-old Rachel learns that her scoliosis has worsened and she will need to wear a back brace to keep her spine straight, she is devastated; afraid that she will not be able to play soccer, and terrified that she will not be able to hide her condition from her friends and classmates--but her mother is determined to spare her the spinal fusion surgery that she herself had as a teenager.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: "The author's daughter was born with a very rare genetic syndrome and faced a daunting prognosis: she would be a fraction of normal size, have innumerable physical and mental difficulties and likely a shortened lifespan. Now, at age eight she is attendingstandard public school classes. This is the story of her family's journey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANIER, HEATHER KIRN LANMendez, Rob
Summary: Rob Mendez, who was born without limbs, shares his journey to first become independent and then to become a high school football coach in the Bay Area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MENDEZ, ROB MENPeikoff, Kira
Summary: "Claire Abrams's dreams became a nightmare when she passed on a genetic mutation that killed her little boy. Now she wants a second chance to be a mother, and finds it in Robert Nash, a maverick fertility doctor who works under the radar with Jillian Hendricks, a cunning young scientist bent on making her mark--and seducing her boss. Claire, Robert, and Jillian work together to create the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEISummary: An exploration into the day-to-day lives of three children who literally feel no pain. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany have congenital analgesia, a genetic defect so rare that it is shared by only about one hundred people in the world. Their parents must watch their every move, but even their vigilance hasn't shielded the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frozen Feet Films 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFByers, Michael.
Summary: Specializing in a rare disease that causes children to age drastically, Dr. Henry Moss is confronted with an ethical dilemma when he meets a family whose two children are affected in dramatically different ways by the same disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003