Title: The year of the genome : a diary of the biological revolution /
Authors: Weissmann, Gerald.
Publisher: Times Books,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Molecular Biology trends; Diffusion of Innovation; Research trends; Medicine; Medical innovations.; Medicine Philosophy; Molecular biology.; Genetics.
Abstract: The research physician and essayist comments on the groundbreaking biomedical issues of the year, including RU 486, stem cell research, and the return of malaria.
Contents: 2001. October 2, 2001: Postscript: Bellevue in the terror -- August 6, 2001: Ever since Galileo: cloning loses in the House -- July 9, 2001: Nobody loses sleep over sleeping sickness -- June 12, 2001: Arsenic redux -- May 16, 2001: Dr. Baltimore's magic bullet -- April 3, 2001: Rats, lice, and history -- March 21, 2001: Hitler's gift and the price of AIDS -- March 7, 2001: Foot-and-mouth disease: flames over England -- February 21, 2001: The genome is on-line -- February 7, 2001: The small machines of nature: life from outer space -- January 24, 2001: Dengue and DDT: what would Voltaire do? -- January 17, 2001: Unspoken issues -- January 10, 2001: The Balkan syndrome.