Book ID: CBB000850362

Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation (2008)

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Fortun, Mike (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: ix + 330 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the rise of this wealthy Icelandic corporation and its attempts to utilize the medical and genetic records of the population of Iceland for scientific research.


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Review Wilson, Duncan (2009) Review of "Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 631). unapi

Review Creager, Angela N. H. (2009) Review of "Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 944). unapi

Review Bauer, Susanne (2012) Review of "Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation". NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin (pp. 58-59). unapi

Essay Review Jackson, Myles W. (2009) Molecular Genetics: Redefining the Relationship between Science and Society. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 367-376). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ankeny, Rachel A.
Bellamy, Matthew J.
Bostanci, Adam
Calvert, Jane
Chadarevian, Soraya de
Cook-Deegan, Robert
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Journal of the History of Biology
Social Studies of Science
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Business and Economic History On-Line
Publishers
Columbia University
McGill-Queen's University Press
MIT Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Corporations
Genetics
Genomics
Business and commerce
Science and industry
Science and ethics
People
Brenner, Sydney
Fiers, Walter
Saarinen, Eero
Sulston, John
He, Jiankui
Waterson, Robert H.
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Mexico
Belgium
Canada
China
Institutions
Human Genome Project
International Business Machines Corporation
General Motors Corporation
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Cambridge. University. Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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