The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race /

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In The Genealogy of a Gene, Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied "genealogy" of CCR5 -- intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, persona...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Myles W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Colección:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Temas:
Genes.
Genes > Patents.
Genetic genealogy.
HIV (Viruses)
Human population genetics.
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Human beings.
Humans
Genes > genetics
Genes
HIV
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Racial Groups > genetics.
HIV Infections
Patents
Receptors, CCR5 > genetics
Gènes.
Gènes > Brevets d'invention.
Généalogie génétique.
Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.
Génétique des populations humaines.
Sida.
Infections à VIH.
Êtres humains.
Homo sapiens (species)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL > History.
HIV infections
Genetic genealogy
Human population genetics
Humangenetik
Rasse
HIV-Infektion
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Maps.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The story of the CCR5 gene
  • The CCR5 patent(s)
  • Gene patenting and the product-of-nature doctrine
  • The CCR5 patent and intellectual property law
  • The European response to the CCR5 patent
  • CCR5 and HIV/AIDS diagnostics and therapeutics
  • Race, place, and pathogens
  • Race, difference, and genes
  • Epilogue: the end of an error?

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