Exons, introns, and talking genes : the science behind the Human Genome Project / Christopher Wills.
1991
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Author
Title
Exons, introns, and talking genes : the science behind the Human Genome Project / Christopher Wills.
Published
[New York] : BasicBooks, [1991]
Copyright
©1991
Call Number
RB155 .W54 1991
ISBN
0465050204 :
Description
xvi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24010825
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-340) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How Brave a New World?
1
Pt. I
Origins
13
1Cancer
15
2DNA
26
3Therapy
52
4Politics
70
Pt. II
Connections
85
5Through the Genome with Gun and Camera
87
6Dismantling the Genome
116
7The Search for a New Sequencing Technology
149
8Sherlock Holmes Meets the Human Genome
164
9Racing After the Killer Genes
183
10The Early Days of Gene Therapy
221
Pt. III
Extrapolations
237
11Cancer Revisited
239
12Voices Heard in a Tiny Piece of Chromosome
253
13Fanfare for the Common Person
277
14Ethical Hurdles and Opposing World Views
308
15Stop Press
316
References
327
Glossary
341
Index
353