{"product_id":"covid-19-the-postgenomic-pandemic-paperback-softback-9781509552153","title":"COVID-19; The Postgenomic Pandemic (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509552153","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCOVID-19\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Postgenomic Pandemic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHugh Pennington (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509552153, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.204 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A great read, making science accessible to all and demonstrating how advances build on previous science investments in leaps and bounds.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDame Sally Davies, Master, \u003ci\u003eTrinity College Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A scholarly and intellectually stimulating contribution which covers COVID-19 and sets this in the context of infectious diseases past and present. Pennington’s explanation of the molecular biological aspects of infectious diseases, which are of critical importance in diagnosis and vaccination, is a joy to read, even for those with limited experience.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Jangu Banatvala, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, \u003ci\u003eKing’s College London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'informative'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin days of the first reports of patients suffering from a mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, scientists in China had produced a complete genetic sequence of the virus and confirmed that it was a novel SARS-like coronavirus. The genetic sequence was deposited in a public database, making the genetic code available to scientists anywhere in the world. The result was that weeks before the WHO declared the outbreak a global public health emergency and months before COVID-19 was formally designated a pandemic, virologists around the world were already studying the protein spikes on the virus and designing vaccines, which were developed much more quickly, and turned out to be much more effective, than even the most optimistic had predicted. All of this was possible because a biological revolution had taken place a decade earlier: the world had moved into the postgenomic era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, the distinguished microbiologist Hugh Pennington argues that COVID-19 is the first ‘postgenomic pandemic’ – that is, the first pandemic to sweep the world after the postgenomic era was initiated in 2008.  Pennington explains the science behind this crucial development and shows how it has revolutionized our ways of understanding and dealing with pandemics, including the pandemic that brought our world to its knees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Postgenomic Age\u003cbr\u003e its antecedents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Coronaviruses, the beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 COVID-19, the disease\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Origins. December 2019- January 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Fangcangs and Nightingales. February-April 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 Test test test!    March 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Epidemiologic Transition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 Outbreaks - learning in real time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 Whole Genome Sequencing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 Variants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11 Vaccines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 Pandemics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13 The Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20services%20\u0026amp;%20welfare,%20criminology%20%5BJK%5D%22\"\u003eJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501082931480,"sku":"9781509552153","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509552153.jpg?v=1786208864","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/covid-19-the-postgenomic-pandemic-paperback-softback-9781509552153","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}