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Author Tabery, James, 1978- author.

Title Tyranny of the gene : personalized medicine and its threat to public health / James Tabery.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3067911~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  572.86 TAB    AVAILABLE
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Description 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-308) and index.
Contents 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 -- DNA's "dirty little secret" -- Disparity in the genome -- The "Gleevec scenario".
Summary "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""-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Genomics.
Precision medicine.
Environmental health.
ISBN 9780525658207 (hardcover)
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