Kevin Davies

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About The Author

Kevin Davies, PhD, is the author of The $1,000 Genome. His previous book Cracking the Genome was translated into fifteen languages. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Bio•IT World, a trade magazine covering the role of technology in the life sciences. He was the founding editor of Nature Genetics, the world's leading genetics journal, which he headed for its first five years. He has also written for The Times (London), The Boston Globe, New England Journal of Medicine, and New Scientist, among others. His first book, Breakthrough (coauthored with Michael White) told the story of the race for the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. Davies holds an MA in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and a PhD in molecular genetics from the University of London. He held postdoctoral fellowships at MIT and Harvard Medical School before moving into science publishing as an editor with Nature magazine. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Books by Kevin Davies

The $1,000 Genome

The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

By Kevin Davies
In this essential guide to the brave new future, Dr. Kevin Davies, author of Cracking the Genome, reveals the masterful ingenuity that transformed the process of decoding DNA and vividly brings the extraordinary drama of the grand scientific achievement to life.
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Cracking the Genome

Inside the Race To Unlock Human DNA

By Kevin Davies
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA. The discovery was a profound, Nobel Prize-winning moment in the history of genetics, but it did not decipher the messages on the twisted, ladderlike strands within our cells. No one knew what the human genome se...
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