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Invisible frontiers : the race to synthesize a human gene
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Invisible frontiers : the race to synthesize a human gene

by Stephen S. Hall

This work chronicles the race to clone the human insulin gene during the late 1970s, involving teams from Harvard, UCSF, and Genentech. It examines the development of recombinant DNA and the resulting commercialisation of the biotechnology industry.

Accession 30445 ISBN 0283996390 Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson
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