Genealogy of a Gene - Patents, Hiv/aids, and Race

The history of the CCR5 gene as a lens through which to view such issues as intellectual property, Big Pharma, personalized medicine, and race and genomics.

Info autore

Myles W. Jackson is Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science at NYU-Gallatin and Professor of History at NYU. He is the author of Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics and Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany, both published by the MIT Press.

Riassunto

The history of the CCR5 gene as a lens through which to view such issues as intellectual property, Big Pharma, personalized medicine, and race and genomics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Myles W. Jackson, Myles W. (Albert Gallatin Research Excell Jackson, Myles W. (Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science at NYU-Gallatin and Professo Jackson
• Con la collaborazione di: Jed Z. (Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History Buchwald (Editore)
• Editore: The MIT Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.02.2015
• EAN: 9780262028660
• ISBN: 978-0-262-02866-0
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology; Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali