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x, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A physician, evolutionary biologist and best-selling author describes the exciting new discoveries in human genome research and explains how understanding how DNA and chemical compounds work together in our bodies can lead to a healthier future. --Publisher's description.
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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The Human Genome Project was a groundbreaking, life-altering development of the late 20th century and a major evolution in science and medicine. Readers of this volume will follow the scientists of the international, collaborative research program as they map the human genome, learning about the science behind the project as well as the scientific and medical possibilities opened by it.
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xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The gripping true story of a Supreme Court civil rights battle to prevent biotech companies from owning the very thing that makes us who we are--our DNA"--
When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, he discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, tests they desperately needed-- because Myriad Genetics had patented...
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