by Axel Kahn, Dominique Rousset · Publicações Europa-América · tapa blanda · ISBN 5601072545458
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«Os Caminhos da Medicina no Século XXI» is the popular science book by Axel Kahn and Dominique Rousset, in paperback (191 pages, in Portuguese).
A popular science work that examines scientific advances and their consequences for 21st-century medicine, with particular attention to the role of genetics and biotechnology in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as the ethical questions they raise.
Work from the Forum Ciência collection of Publicações Europa-América; the cover includes the subtitle «Genes e Homens».
Recommended for readers interested in the evolution of medicine, genetics, and the bioethical debate.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
