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Author:
Tabery, James, 1978-
Title:
Tyranny of the gene : personalized medicine and its threat to public health / James Tabery.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
322 pages : illustrations, facsimile cm.
Subject:
Precision medicine.
Genomics.
Environmental health.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A Tale of Two Revolutions -- The End of a Partnership -- Industry Relationships -- From Artificial Nose to Genomics Juggernaut -- The Politics of the Personal -- Genomics Finds Its Hammer -- Not Personal, Not Precise -- Disparity in the Genome -- The "Gleevec Scenario".
Summary:
"A revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed genomics at the center of American medicine and a clear-eyed look at the unfulfilled promise of "personalized medicine"." -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0525658203
9780525658207
LCCN:
2022031887
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)
SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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