Jackson, Myles W.,

The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race / Myles W. Jackson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations, map - Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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?

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 --



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Genes.
Genes--Patents.
Genetic genealogy.
HIV (Viruses)
Human population genetics.
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Humans
Genes--genetics
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Racial Groups--genetics
HIV Infections
Patents
Receptors, CCR5--genetics

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law


Electronic Books.

RA643 / .G464 2015 QH447