The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race by Myles W. Jackson

The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and Race

Myles W. Jackson

336 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

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The CCR5 gene began as a small sequence of DNA, became a patented product of a corporation, and then, when it was found to be an AIDS virus co-receptor with a key role in the immune system, it became part of the biomedical research world—and a pot...

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