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Genre/Form: | Patents |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Myles W Jackson |
ISBN: | 9780262533782 0262533782 9780262028660 0262028662 |
OCLC Number: | 1081069134 |
Description: | xii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | 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 -- The end of an error? |
Series Title: | Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology. |
Responsibility: | Myles W. Jackson. |
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...Jackson's genealogy is a rich, technically sophisticated contribution to the history and STS literatures on molecular biology and intellectual property.-Daniel J. Hicks, Monash Bioethics Review Professor Myles W. Jackson's recent book is an impressive examination of the CCR5 gene, which provides a carefully detailed interdisciplinary understanding involving biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology as well as the historical and contemporary aspects of patenting and intellectual property laws.-BioNews [A]n exceptionally well-documented analysis of the intricacies and dilemmas of modern biomedical science through the window of a gene-intimately involved in the outcome of one of the greatest pandemics of modern times.-Robert C. Gallo, Cell This well-researched book demonstrates the influence of genetics on society.-Library Journal Read more...

