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
García-Deister, Vivette
Larry Au
Jones, Kathryn Maxson
Víctor Hugo Anaya-Muñoz
Smith, Jessica M.
Welsh, Rick
Concepts
Corporations
Genetics
Genomics
Business and commerce
Science and industry
Commercialization
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Mexico
China
Canada
Belgium
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
Wellcome Trust
National Institutes of Health
Ghent University
Cambridge. University. Laboratory of Molecular Biology
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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