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Author Jackson, Myles W., author

Title The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race / Myles W. Jackson
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology
Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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?
Summary In The Genealogy of a Gene, Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied "genealogy" of CCR5 -- intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, personalized medicine, ancestry studies, and race and genomics -- Jackson links a myriad of diverse topics. The history of CCR5 from the 1990s to the present offers a vivid illustration of how intellectual property law has changed the conduct and content of scientific knowledge, and the social, political, and ethical implications of such a transformation. The CCR5 gene began as a small sequence of DNA, became a patented product of a corporation, and then, when it was found to be an AIDS virus co-receptor with a key role in the immune system, it became part of the biomedical research world -- and a potential moneymaker for the pharmaceutical industry. When it was further discovered that a mutation of the gene found in certain populations conferred near-immunity to the AIDS virus, questions about race and genetics arose. Jackson describes these developments in the context of larger issues, including the rise of "biocapitalism," the patentability of products of nature, the difference between U.S. and European patenting approaches, and the relevance of race and ethnicity to medical research
Analysis SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-326) and index
Notes English
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Subject Genes.
Genes -- Patents
Genetic genealogy.
HIV (Viruses)
Human population genetics.
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Human beings.
Humans
Genes -- genetics
Genes
HIV
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Racial Groups -- genetics
HIV Infections
Patents
Receptors, CCR5 -- genetics
Homo sapiens (species)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL -- History.
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease)
Genes
Genetic genealogy
HIV (Viruses)
Human population genetics
Humangenetik
Rasse
HIV-Infektion
Genre/Form Patents
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014029650
ISBN 9780262327190
0262327198
0262327201
9780262327206
0262533782
9780262533782