The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

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The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

Book: Hardcover 20 - 02 - 2015

Product ID: 4440961

Condition: New
Publisher : The MIT Press

Language : English

Hardcover : 352 Pages

ISBN-10 : 0262028662

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Review This well-researched book demonstrates the influence of genetics on society.―Library Journal [A]n exceptionally well-documented analysis of the intricacies and dilemmas of modern biomedical science through the window of a gene―intimately involved in the outcome of one of the greatest pandemics of modern times.―Robert C. Gallo, Cell Professor Myles W. Jackson's recent book is an impressive examination of the CCR5 gene, which provides a carefully detailed interdisciplinary understanding involving biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology as well as the historical and contemporary aspects of patenting and intellectual property laws.―BioNews …Jackson's genealogy is a rich, technically sophisticated contribution to the history and STS literatures on molecular biology and intellectual property.―Daniel J. Hicks, Monash Bioethics Review Product Description The history of the CCR5 gene as a lens through which to view such issues as intellectual property, Big Pharma, personalized medicine, and race and genomics. 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―intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, personalized medicine, ancestry studies, and race and genomics―Jackson links a myriad of diverse topics. The history of CCR5 from the 1990s to the present offers a vivid illustration of how intellectual property law has changed the conduct and content of scientific knowledge, and the social, political, and ethical implications of such a transformation. The CCR5 gene began as a small sequence of DNA, became a patented product of a corporation, and then, when it was found to be an AIDS virus co-receptor with a key role in the immune system, it became part of the biomedical research world―and a potential moneymaker for the pharmaceutical industry. When it was further discovered that a mutation of the gene found in certain populations conferred near-immunity to the AIDS virus, questions about race and genetics arose. Jackson describes these developments in the context of larger issues, including the rise of “biocapitalism,” the patentability of products of nature, the difference between U.S. and European patenting approaches, and the relevance of race and ethnicity to medical research. Review Jackson's book is original, authoritative, and extensive―not only a scientific history of the gene that figures in the body's response to HIV but also a critical account of its commercial control and of its reach into race and disease. In all, a tour de force that casts a bright light on genomics and biocapitalism.―Daniel J. Kevles, Stanley Woodward Professor of History, Yale University; author of In the Name of Eugenics; coeditor of The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project About the Author Myles W. Jackson is Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science, NYU-Gallatin; Professor of History, Department of History, NYU-FAS; Director of Science and Society, NYU-CAS; Professor of the Division of Medical Ethics, NYU-Langone School of Medicine; and Faculty Affiliate of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at the New York University School of Law. He is the author of Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics and Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany, both published by the MIT Press.

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