{"product_id":"his-brothers-keeper-one-familys-journey-to-the-edge-of-medicine-9780060010089","title":"His Brother's Keeper: One Family's Journey to the Edge of Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. \u003cstrong\u003eHis Brother's Keeper\u003c\/strong\u003e is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Heywoods' story taught me many things about the nature of healing in the new millennium,\" Weiner writes. \"They also taught me about what has not changed since the time of the ancients and may never change as long as there are human beings -- about what Lucretius calls 'the ever-living wound of love.'\"\u003c\/p\u003eThis P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeiner, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJonathan Weiner is one of the most distinguished popular-science writers in the country: his books have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other newspapers and magazines, and he is a former editor at \u003cem\u003eThe Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTime, Love, Memory\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eHis Brother's Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York, where he teaches science writing at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555914584338,"sku":"9780060010089","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c935ec11-cbde-4c9f-83e3-a9cb4d66df68.jpg?v=1731744622","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/his-brothers-keeper-one-familys-journey-to-the-edge-of-medicine-9780060010089","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}