Author: Ricki Lewis, PhD

About Ricki Lewis, PhD

Ricki Lewis is a science writer with a PhD in genetics. The author of several textbooks and thousands of articles in scientific, medical, and consumer publications, Ricki's first narrative nonfiction book, "The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It," was published by St. Martin's Press in March 2012. In addition to writing, Ricki provides genetic counseling for parents-to-be at CareNet Medical Group in Schenectady, NY and teaches "Genethics" an online course for master's degree students at the Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical Center.

A GPS View of the Human Genome

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Genetic Modifiers: Healthy Mutants Fuel Drug Discovery

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Mayonnaise Taxonomy

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Second Gene Causes Retinoblastoma

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Do Cats With FIV Foretell HIV’s Future?

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Personalized Medicine: Read the Chart!

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Rare Disease Day: What 5 Kids with Low Vision CAN Do

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Do You Know Genetics?

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A Fruit Fly Love Story: The Making of a Mutant

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Genetic Testing: Carrier Confusion and Generation Reversal

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