Promising genomics
Subtitle: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a world of speculation
By: Mike Fortun.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780520247505; 9780520247512
Subjects: deCODE Genetics, Inc; deCODE Genetics, Inc; Genomics -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iceland; Genomics -- Social aspects -- Iceland; Medical records -- Access control -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iceland; Human genetics -- Databases -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iceland; Human genetics -- Databases -- Access control -- Iceland; Human genetics -- Databases -- Law and legislation -- Iceland; Medical records -- Law and legislation -- Iceland; Human population genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iceland; Privacy, Right of -- Iceland; Genetic Research -- economics -- Iceland; Databases, Genetic -- ethics -- Iceland; Databases, Genetic -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Iceland; Genetic Privacy -- Iceland; Genetic Research -- ethics -- Iceland; Genetic Research -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Iceland; Genetics, Population -- Iceland
Description: Part detective story, part exposé and part travelogue, this book investigates one of the signature biotech stories of our time and, in doing so, opens a window onto the world of genome science. Fortun examines how deCODE Genetics in Iceland became one of the wealthiest, and most scandalous, companies of its kind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index.