{"product_id":"the-gene-wars-science-politics-and-the-human-genome","title":"The Gene Wars: Science  Politics  and the Human Genome","description":"\u003cp\u003eA look at the controversial Human Genome Project recounts the struggle to launch the multi-billion-dollar  ten- to twenty-year project and relies on primary documents gathered as events unfolded to unravel the tangled scientific and political threads of the story. The Human Genome Project  the most ambitious biological research program ever undertaken  was born in controversy. Heralded by its more enthusiastic proponents as a quest for the \"Holy Grail of biology\"and the key  ultimately  to the treatment of a variety of hereditary diseasesit has as its initial goal the mapping of all the genes in the entire three-billion-letter genetic code embodied in the DNA of a typical human cell. A major factor in the counterarguments of its opponents: its projected cost  estimated to run into the billions of dollars  spread over 10-20 years. In this firsthand account of the protracted struggle to launch the genome project  a close observer of that processand sometime participant in itunravels the tangled scientific and political threads of the story  relying on primary documents gathered even as events unfolded  supplemented by interviews with all the main actorsincluding the controversial first head of the National Institute James D. Watson. The result is an absorbing case study in the politics on a project with far-reaching medical and social implications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956943614005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393035727","price":45.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393035728.jpg?v=1770324064","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gene-wars-science-politics-and-the-human-genome","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}