HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, THE: Cracking the Genetic Code of Life

Lee, Thomas F.

ISBN 10: 0306439654 / ISBN 13: 9780306439650

Published by Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1991

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New York, NY: Plenum Press. Good/Good. 1991. . Hardcover w/DJ. Inscribed by author on first front free-end paper (see photo) . 8vo., 323 p.p., Shelf wear; page edges lightly soiled, top page edges lightly foxed; corners of hard cover and dust jacket bumped; head and tail of dust jacket and hard cover spine bumped; original price intact; pages clean and unmarked. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, THE: Cracking the Genetic Code of Life
• Publisher: Plenum Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306439654
• ISBN 13: 9780306439650
• Binding: Hardcover w/DJ
• Illustrator: Black & White Illustrations
• Condition: Good/Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science-Biology

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Synopsis

This is a study of genetic mapping. The first six chapters address "molecular biology in a historical framework. . . . Mapping and various kinds ofmaps (genetic, physical, sequence) are discussed. . . . (Genetic disease), diagnosis, and therapy, constitute Chapter 8. Chapter 9 outlines the evolution of the sequencing plan as it grew out of a series of conferences. . . . Chapter 10 reviews the questions involving science policy and allocation of available funds among various sectors of the biomedical research establishment. Chapter 11 covers the relationship of genome sequencing to disease, ethical issues,and social implications of genomic knowledge (medical care, employment, and insurance issues)." (Choice)

Reviews

Lee, professor of biology at St. Anselm University in N.H., here plays moderator in the clash between scientific values and the new genetics that is building around the human genome project. About three-quarters of this scientific brief on HGP is a review of the history of molecular biology; the book is akin to a rapid zoom through an electron microscope lens focused on our genes. At the end of this biology-text treatment lies the science oracle's dilemma: Given that biologists can now translate the genetic code into understandable terms and sometimes manipulate it, should they? Lee offers the general reader an outline of the science-policy stakes of HGP, noting that HGP is a protean issue, assuming the controversial character of health insurance policy, science ethics, etc. Those interested in following the development of HGP would do well to start with this earnest introduction.

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