A Guide to the Human Genome Project: Technologies, People, and Institutions
- ISBN-10
- 0941901106
- ISBN-13
- 9780941901109
- Category
- Gene libraries
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Authors
- M. Susan Lindee, Elizabeth Hanson, Susan L. Speaker
Description
This simple, concise introduction to the HGP for the general reader explores the origins of the genome project and reactions in the scientific community; important technologies and techniques; institutions connected with the HGP, including designated genome centers, important suppliers of resources, and corporations; systems of communication; and ethical, legal, and social issues. A publication of the Biomolecular Sciences Initiative of CHF's Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry.
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