Full title: The gene wars : science, politics, and the human genome / Robert Cook-Deegan.

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Call Numbers: T0394021

Record Identifier: 74VK7rwdkNxZ

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Pt. 1. The Scientific Foundation. 1. Why Genetics? 2. Mapping Our Genes. 3. Of Yeasts and Worms. 4. Sequence upon Sequence -- Pt. 2. Origins of the Genome Project. 5. Putting Santa Cruz on the Map. 6. Gilbert and the Holy Grail. 7. Genes and the Bomb. 8. Early Skirmishes -- Pt. 3. The Support Structure. 9. The Odd Legacy of Howard Hughes. 10. The NAS Redefines the Project. 11. The NIH Steps Forward. 12. Tribes on the Hill. 13. Honest Jim and the Genome -- Pt. 4. Genome Gone Global. 14. First Stirrings Abroad. 15. Japan: A Special Case -- Pt. 5. Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues. 16. A New Social Contract. 17. Bioethics in Government. 18. Wizards of the Information Age. 19. DNA Goes to Court. 20. Exodus: The End of the Beginning.

Publishers: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1994.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-403) and index. Transferred from N573.212/4.

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DDC: 573.212

MMS ID: 991022843669702626