Bibliograph

Tyranny of the gene, personalized medicine and its threat to public health, James Tabery

Type

Label

Tyranny of the gene, personalized medicine and its threat to public health, James Tabery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-308) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tyranny of the gene

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1392288864

Responsibility statement

James Tabery

Sub title

personalized medicine and its threat to public health

Summary

"A revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed genomics at the center of American medicine and a clear-eyed look at the unfulfilled promise of "personalized medicine""--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A tale of two revolutions -- The end of a partnership -- Industry relationships -- From artificial nose to genomics juggernaut -- The politics of the personal -- Genomics finds its hammer -- DNA's "dirty little secret" -- Disparity in the genome -- The "Gleevec scenario"

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