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
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