by Robert Cook-Deegan · W. W. Norton & Company · Tapa dura · ISBN 9780393035728
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«The Gene Wars» is Robert Cook-Deegan's essay published in 1994 by W. W. Norton & Company in hardback (416 pages, in English).
The book reconstructs the history of the Human Genome Project and the political and economic tensions surrounding its launch. Drawing on first-hand documents and interviews, it reviews the conflicts between the institutions involved and the ethical, legal and social questions of genetic research.
The author was director of the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee of the US Congress. The book includes bibliographic references (pages 366-403) and an index.
For those who want to understand the political and scientific intricacies of the Human Genome Project and genetic research.
