The Genealogy of a Gene Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race

InThe 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 -- intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, personal...

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Main Author: Jackson, Myles W
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass The MIT Press 2015
MIT Press
Edition:1
Series:Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS (Disease)
Biomedical Sciences
Chemokines
Continental Population Groups
Continental Population Groups > genetics
Genes
Genes > genetics
Genes-Patents
Genetic genealogy
Genetics
Health Sciences
History
History of Science
HIV (Viruses)
HIV Infections
Intellectual property
MEDICAL
Medical sciences
Patents as Topic
Pharmaceutical industry
Political Science
Public Policy & Law
Receptors, CCR5
Receptors, CCR5 > genetics
Science, Technology & Society
Social Sciences
Sociology
ISBN:9780262028660, 0262028662, 9780262533782, 0262533782
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments 1: The Story of the CCR5 Gene 2: The CCR5 Patent(s) 3: Gene Patenting and the Product-of-Nature Doctrine 4: The CCR5 Patent and Intellectual Property Law 5: The European Response to the CCR5 Patent 6: CCR5 and HIV/AIDS Diagnostics and Therapeutics 7: Race, Place, and Pathogens 8: Race, Difference, and Genes Epilogue: List of Abbreviations Notes Science Glossary Bibliography Index
  • List of Abbreviations Notes Science Glossary Bibliography Index Epilogue: The End of an Error? 8 Race, Difference, and Genes 7 Race, Place, and Pathogens 6 CCR5 and HIV/AIDS Diagnostics and Therapeutics 5 The European Response to the CCR5 Patent 4 The CCR5 Patent and Intellectual Property Law 2 The CCR5 Patent(s) 3 Gene Patenting and the Product-of-Nature Doctrine 1 The Story of the CCR5 Gene Acknowledgments Cover Title Page, Copyright Page Contents A Note to the Reader
  • Intro -- Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Story of the CCR5 Gene -- 2 The CCR5 Patent(s) -- 3 Gene Patenting and the Product-of-Nature Doctrine -- 4 The CCR5 Patent and Intellectual Property Law -- 5 The European Response to the CCR5 Patent -- 6 CCR5 and HIV/AIDS Diagnostics and Therapeutics -- 7 Race, Place, and Pathogens -- 8 Race, Difference, and Genes -- Epilogue: The End of an Error? -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Science Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index