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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Autor principal: Jackson, Myles W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HIV-Infektion
Rasse
Humangenetik
Human population genetics.
HIV (Viruses)
Genetic genealogy.
Genes.
MEDICAL > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Infections à VIH.
Sida.
Genetique des populations humaines.
Virus de l'immunodeficience humaine.
Genealogie genetique.
Genes > Brevets d'invention.
HIV
Genes
Receptors, CCR5 > genetics
Patents
HIV Infections
Racial Groups > genetics
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Genes > genetics
Humans
HIV infections.
AIDS (Disease)
Genes > Patents.
Patents.
Maps.
Internet Resources.
Fulltext.
Electronic books.
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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