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Book ID: CBB000850362

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

Fortun, Mike (Author)

University of California Press

ISBN: 9780520247512

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

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Genetics Business and commerce Science and ethics Genomics Corporations Science and industry 20th century, late Iceland

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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