Tyranny of the gene : personalized medicine and its threat to public health / James Tabery.
By: Tabery, James [author.].
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2023Edition: First edition.Description: 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525658207.Subject(s): Genomic Medicine -- legislation & jurisprudence | Genomics -- legislation & jurisprudence | Precision Medicine | Environmental Health -- legislation & jurisprudence | Politics | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QH447 .T33 2023 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000020192 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
"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.""--