Gene jockeys : life science and the rise of biotech enterprise / Nicolas Rasmussen.
By: Rasmussen, Nicolas [author.].
2014Description: viii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 142141340X (hardcover : acidfree paper); 9781421413402 (hardcover : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Drug Discovery -- history -- United States | Biotechnology -- history -- United States | Entrepreneurship -- history -- United States | History, 20th Century -- United States | Technology, Pharmaceutical -- history -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 338.4/76151Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | RS380 .R37 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000003340 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index.
Biology, industry, and the Cold War -- The insulin trophy -- Growing pains : commercial strains on a way of life -- The interferon derby : markets in credit, tournaments of value -- EPO : the making of the biotech blockbuster -- tPA the end of the beginning.