A machine to make a future : biotech chronicles
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199 pages : 24 cm
"A Machine to Make a Future represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet of Celera Diagnostics - the California biotech company whose formative work during 2003 is the focus of the book - is that the emergent knowledge about the genome, with its profound implications for human health, can now be turned into a powerful diagnostic apparatus - one that will yield breakthrough diagnostic and therapeutic products (and potentially, profit)."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references
A machine to make a future -- Ending and beginning -- The state of things at Celera Diagnostics, explained to investors and to anthropologists -- The machinery and its stewards -- Ethical and social consultancy -- Confidence and trust -- Models Orient, technologies perform, samples speak (or vice versa) -- Summer 2003
"A Machine to Make a Future represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet of Celera Diagnostics - the California biotech company whose formative work during 2003 is the focus of the book - is that the emergent knowledge about the genome, with its profound implications for human health, can now be turned into a powerful diagnostic apparatus - one that will yield breakthrough diagnostic and therapeutic products (and potentially, profit)."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references
A machine to make a future -- Ending and beginning -- The state of things at Celera Diagnostics, explained to investors and to anthropologists -- The machinery and its stewards -- Ethical and social consultancy -- Confidence and trust -- Models Orient, technologies perform, samples speak (or vice versa) -- Summer 2003
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