Paths to Innovation Discovering Recombinant DNA, Oncogenes, and Prions, in One Medical School, Over One Decade
"In less than a decade, scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) learned how to clone DNA, founded the company that created the field of biotechnology, identified the first cancer genes, and made the heretical discovery that a protein by itself can transmit an infectious...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
University of California Medical Humanities Consortium
2011.
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| Series: | Perspectives in medical humanities.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009845037706719 |
| Summary: | "In less than a decade, scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) learned how to clone DNA, founded the company that created the field of biotechnology, identified the first cancer genes, and made the heretical discovery that a protein by itself can transmit an infectious disease. The discoveries of Herbert Boyer, Michael Bishop, Harold Varmus, and Stanley Prusiner show that real innovators require freedom and time to tackle hard problems in their own way"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 pages): illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780983463924 |
| Access: | Open Access |
