Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation

Mike Fortun

Published by University of California Press 2008

Promising Genomics

Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation

Mike Fortun
Edited by: Mike Fortun

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520942615

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About this book

Part detective story, part exposé, and part travelogue, Promising Genomics investigates one of the signature biotech stories of our time and, in so doing, opens a window onto the high-speed, high-tech, and high-finance world of genome science. In a luminous account, Mike Fortun investigates how deCODE Genetics, in Iceland, became one of the wealthiest companies of its kind, as well as one of the most scandalous, with its plan to use the genes and medical records of the entire Icelandic population for scientific research. Delving into the poetry of W. H. Auden, the novels of Halldór Laxness, and the perils of Keiko the killer whale, Fortun maps the contemporary genomics landscape at a time when we must begin to ask questions about what "life" is made of in the age of DNA, databases, and derivatives trading.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Ch 1. LavaXLand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Ch 2. FriendXAdvance Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Ch 3. FastXFast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Ch 4. CounterfeitXMoney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Ch 5. KáriXdeCODE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Ch 6. DogXWhale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Ch 7. HistoryXFable Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Ch 8. KeikoXK.Co Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 343
Illustrations
- Other: 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 1 map
Keywords: Medical; History

eBook

Published: August 31, 2008
ISBN: 9780520942615

Paperback

Planned Publication: August 31, 2008
ISBN: 9780520247512