The Common Thread. A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Bantam Press / Transworld Publishers, London, 2002

0593048016 / 9780593048016

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First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly faded and yellowed, corners slightly bruised, slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£17.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall in vg+ condition. 310pp, illustrated. As the director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, the British arm of the international effort to map the entire human DNA sequence, John Sulston was at the very forefront of this cutting edge research. The ultimate success of the project, despite innumerable setbacks and rogue challenges from outside competitors, is in large part thanks his determination, diplomacy and scientific know-how. The resulting wealth of information promises to be the biggest scientific and medical breakthrough in modern history. In this intimate personal account John Sulston takes us behind the scenes of the largest international scientific operation ever undertaken. He reveals the politics, controversy, ethics, personalities, setbacks and accomplishments that shaped the seven years of research. He is frank about the competition with Craig Venter and Celera Genomics that threatened to undermine the attempts by the international community to make the sequence available for all humanity. He shares with us his obvious passion for science. He takes us into closed-door meetings with Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. And as a pragmatist he shares his hopes and concerns as to how the information unlocked by the Human Genome Project will affect people's lives in the near future, how this information (and future gene sequencing) should be protected, and conjectures about how this astonishing breakthrough will lead medicine, science and our understanding of our selves. Quite a scarce book.…

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Título
The Common Thread. A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
Autor
Sulston, John and Georgina Ferry
Editorial
Bantam Press / Transworld Publishers, London
Año de publicación
2002
Estado
Near Fine
Sobrecubierta
Near Fine
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0593048016
ISBN 13
9780593048016
Edición
1st Edition
Impresión
1st Printing
Dimensiones
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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