DNA & Destiny: Nature & Nurture In Human Behavior - Softcover

Steen, R. Grant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738206199 ISBN 13: 9780738206196

Publisher: Perseus, 2001

Synopsis

A perceptive examination of the on-going debate over the influence of genetics in our lives.

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About the Author

Dr. R. Grant Steen is currently studying brain cancer at the St. Judge Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He is an expert in tumor physiology and tumor cell biology, and his research interest is the metabolic imaging of cancer. He employs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to estimate tumor perfusion, in an effort to predict tumor drug delivery. He received his doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles, and he was furthur trained in research at the California Institute of Technology and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He taught at the University of Washington, where he was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and of Bioengineering, and he has written more than 25 papers which appeared in scientific journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perseus
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738206199
• ISBN 13: 9780738206196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308