Gina Bari Kolata
1) Mercies in Disguise: a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
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"The phone rings. The doctor from California is on the line. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested-at least, not now. But she had to find out. If your family carried a mutated gene that foretold a brutal illness and you were offered the chance to find out if you'd inherited it, would you do it? Would you walk toward the problem, bravely accepting whatever answer came your way? Or would...
2) Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
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1999.
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"Unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy. She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease." -- Jacket
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[1998]
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"Award-winning scientific journalist Gina Kolata...reveals the story behind Dolly--reaching back to our earliest attempts to clone, uncovering the startling, largely unreported events that led to Dolly's birth, and exploring the mind-boggling questions that Dolly presents for our future."--Jacket