Books
Chiu LS. When a Gene Makes you Smell Like a Fish… and Other Tales about the Genes in Your Body (Oxford University Press)
Colby B. Outsmart Your Genes (Perigee)
Collins FS. The Language of Life (Harper Collins)
Davies K. The $1,000 Genome (Free Press)
Engel C. Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn From Them. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson)
Field MJ and Boat TF (Eds) – The Institute of Medicine. Rare Diseases and Orphan Products (National Academies Press)
Fields S and Johnston M. Genetic Twists of Fate (MIT Press)
Hanson W. The Edge of Medicine (Palgrave MacMillan)
Preston R. The Hot Zone (Anchor Books)
Schimpff SC. The Future of Medicine (Thomas Nelson)
Scientific journals
Journal of RNAi and Gene Silencing [http://libpubmedia.co.uk/RNAiJ/RNAiJHome.htm]
Nature Biotechnology [http://www.nature.com/nbt/index.html]
Neuromuscular Disorders [http://www.nmd-journal.com]
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics [http://www.liebertpub.com/NAT]
Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine [http://www.dovepress.com/pharmacogenomics-and-personalized-medicine-journal]
Scientific papers
Cirak S, Arechavala-Gomeza V, Guglieri M et al. Exon skipping and dystrophin restoration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients after systemic phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer treatment. Lancet 2011; 378: 595-605
FDA. Driving Biomedical Innovation: initiatives to Improve Products for Patients. October 2011 @ www.fda.gov/innovation
Kole R, Krainer A, Altman S. RNA therapeutics: beyond RNA interference and antisense oligonucleotides. (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2012)
Schubert D, Levin AA, Kornbrust D et al. The Oligonucleotide Safety Working Group [Editorial]. Nucleic Acid Technology 2012; 22(4): 211-212
Wood MJA, Gait MJ, Yin H. RNA-targeted splice-correction therapy for neuromuscular disease. (Brain 2010)
Organizations
NORD: http://www.rarediseases.org
EURORDIS: http://www.eurordis.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association: http://mda.org
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: http://www.parentprojectmd.org
Personalized Medicine Coalition: http://www.personalizedmedicine coalition.org
Cure Duchenne: http://www.cureduchenne.org
Action Duchenne (UK): http://www.actionduchenne.org
Progeria Research Foundation: http://www.progeriaresearch.org
23andMe: https://www.23andme.com
deCODE: http://www.decode.com
General Genetics Corporation: http://www.ggcdna.com
Alnylam: http://www.alnylam.com
Isis Pharmaceuticals: http://www.isispharm.com
MAP Pharmaceuticals: http://www.mappharma.com
Prosensa: http://www.prosensa.eu
Sarepta Therapeutics: http://www.sareptatherapeutics.com