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The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race
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Title
The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race / Myles W. Jackson.
ISBN
9780262028660
0262028662
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 15, 2015
Series
Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Epilogue: the end of an error?
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