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Machine to Make a Future : Biotech Chronicles.

A Machine to Make a Future represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet of Celera Diagnostics--the California biotech company whose formative work during 2003 is the focus of the b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rabinow, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A Machine to Make a Future represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet of Celera Diagnostics--the California biotech company whose formative work during 2003 is the focus of the book--is that the emergent knowledge about the genome, with its profound implications for human health, can now be turned into a powerful diagnostic apparatus--one that will yield breakthrough diagnostic and therapeutic products (and, potentially, profit). Celera's efforts--assuming they succeed--m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1306046130
9781306046138
9781400849666
1400849667