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The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race / Myles W. Jackson.

Author/creator Jackson, Myles W.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Descriptionxii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile STEAM Monographs D2O
Subject(s)
Series Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology
Transformations (M.I.T. Press). ^A468418
Contents The CCR5 story -- The CCR5 patent(s) -- Gene patenting and the product-of-nature doctrine -- CCR5 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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-326) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014029650
ISBN9780262028660 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262028662 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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