Mustafa Abbass’s Reviews > The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals About Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery > Status Update

It is rare to find a science book explaining a complex biological problem—an "orphan" disease, as the author called it—that keeps you hooked on every page turn...

To Anne Skomorowsky, it is simple, just bombard the readers with a story after another about the people, their children, their parents, and even their grandparents.

You start to know these people, their stories, and can't but feel empathetic towards them.

Still going strong...

"This book is called "The Carriers", and its focus is not on people with fragile X syndrome but on their mothers and fathers and other people who were once considered unaffected by fragile X mutations."

"Before a problem can be understood, someones has to notice it, there has to be a language to describe it, and the right people to investigate it."

“The Carriers asks how a tiny mutation on the X chromosome could affect character and fate but still remain invisible—until now. The mutation has shaped unsuspecting families for generations. It just needed time to make itself known.”

I'm enjoying the storytelling so far. It makes a "niche" biomedical subject matter much more approachable by a wider spectrum of readers.

I've just received an electronic advanced review copy (eARC) from the publisher "Columbia University Press" via NetGalley for an honest review.

A very interesting topic. Looking forward to reading this one!