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The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Myles W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Series:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
Genes.
Genes > Patents.
Genetic genealogy.
HIV (Viruses)
Human population genetics.
Genes > genetics.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Continental Population Groups > genetics.
HIV Infections.
Patents as Topic.
Receptors, CCR5 > genetics.
Table of Contents:
  • The story of the CCR5 gene
  • The CCR5 patent(s)
  • Gene patenting and the product-of-nature doctrine
  • The CCR5 patent and intellectual property law
  • The European response to the CCR5 patent
  • CCR5 and HIV/AIDS diagnostics and therapeutics
  • Race, place, and pathogens
  • Race, difference, and genes
  • Epilogue: the end of an error?