Research Catalog

Title

Promising genomics : Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a world of speculation / Mike Fortun.

Author

Fortun, Michael

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.

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Description

x, 330 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subject

• deCODE Genetics, Inc
• DeCODE Genetics, Inc
• DeCODE Genetics
• Genomics > Moral and ethical aspects > Iceland
• Genomics > Social aspects > Iceland
• Medical records > Moral and ethical aspects > Iceland
• Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects > Iceland
• Human genetics > Access control > Iceland
• Human genetics > Law and legislation > Iceland
• Medical records > Law and legislation > Iceland
• Human population genetics > Moral and ethical aspects > Iceland
• Privacy, Right of > Iceland
• Population genetics
• Genetic Research > economics
• Genetic Research > ethics
• Genetic Research > legislation & jurisprudence
• Databases, Genetic > ethics
• Databases, Genetic > legislation & jurisprudence
• Genetics, Population
• Genetic Privacy
• Génomique > Aspect moral > Islande
• Génomique > Aspect social > Islande
• Dossiers médicaux > Aspect moral > Islande
• Génétique humaine > Aspect moral > Islande
• Génétique humaine > Contrôle > Islande
• Génétique des populations humaines > Aspect moral > Islande
• Génétique des populations
• Genomics > Social aspects
• Medical records > Moral and ethical aspects
• Medical records > Law and legislation
• Privacy, Right of
• Datenmissbrauch
• Forschung
• Genomik
• Wissenschaftsethik
• Genomik > etik och moral > Island
• Personregister > etik och moral > Island
• Iceland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. LavaXLand -- Ch. 2. FriendXAdvance Man -- Ch. 3. FastXFast -- Ch. 4. CounterfeitXMoney -- Ch. 5. KariXdeCODE -- Ch. 6. DogXWhale -- Ch. 7. HistoryXFable -- Ch. 9. TrustXGullibility -- Ch. 10. DistanceXComplicity -- Ch. 11. NonXGovernmental Organization -- Ch. 12. IcelandXWorld -- Ch. 13. PublicXPrivate -- Ch. 14. Open FutureXSafe Harbor -- Ch. 15. ManiaXFundamentals -- Ch. 16. PromiseXDisclosure -- Ch. 17. Yahoo!XFinance -- Ch. 18. SameXDifference -- Ch. 19. PresumedXConsent -- Ch. 20. GenomicsXSlot Machines -- Ch. 21. EthicsXExpediency -- Ch. 22. EverythingXNothing -- Forward Looking.

ISBN

• 9780520247505
• 0520247507
• 9780520247512
• 0520247515

LCCN

• 2007044597
• 40015760673
• 99821762623

OCLC

180195543

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library