TY - JOUR T1 - Resources JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - E19 LP - E19 VL - 47 IS - 4 AU - Elizabeth Rasmussen Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/47/4/E19.abstract N2 - St. Martin’s Press in March published “Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family’s Genetic Destiny and the Science that Rescued Them.” Written by New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata, MS, the book details the story of the Baxley family’s battle with kuru, a rare neurodegenerative disease. Kolata intertwines the disease’s origin in cannibalistic tribes, the family’s dynamics and the genetic diagnostic testing. For more information, visit http://us.macmillan.com. ER -