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Decoding our DNA : Craig Venter vs. Human Genome Project / by Ballen, Karen Gunnison.(CARDINAL)496673;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Junior Library GuildIn the mid-1980s, geneticists proposed a daring project to sequence the human genome, to figure out the exact order of the three billion chemical pairs that make up human DNA. This could help scientists understand how our bodies work and help doctors diagnose, treat, and prevent certain diseases. The Human Genome Project launched in 1990, with scientists around the world collaborating. They worked slowly and methodically. By 1991 one of these scientists, Craig Venter, fed up with the HGP's slow pace, challenged the HGP to move faster and started his own company to compete with the HGP. Racing neck and neck, the two organizations reached their goal years ahead of schedule. But the challenge also led to a bitter public argument, especially over who could use the sequence and how. This book reveals how ambition, persistence, ego, greed, and principle combined--often with explosive results--in the quest to decode our DNA.--From publisher description.11-13.6-8.1070LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Venter, J. Craig; Human Genome Project; Human gene mapping;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The human genome project : what does decoding DNA mean for us? / by Boon, Kevin Alexander,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.To know ourselves -- Understanding genes and genetics -- Human genome project -- Health, eugenics, and genetic counseling -- Project's effect on industry and science -- Social issues -- Legal and ethical issues -- Look to the future -- Chronology.Discusses genes, genetics, and the legal and ethical issues involved in mapping DNA in the human body.
Subjects: Human Genome Project; DNA; Genetics; Gene mapping;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Human Genome Project : cracking the code within us / by Marshall, Elizabeth L.(CARDINAL)394403;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project.1110LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human Genome Project.; Human Genome Project; Gene mapping; Genetics; Genomes;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A life decoded : my genome, my life / by Venter, J. Craig.(CARDINAL)734476;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-374) and index.Writing my code -- University of death -- Adrenaline junkie -- Starting over in Buffalo -- Scientific heaven, bureaucratic hell -- Big biology -- TIGR cub -- Gene wars -- Shotgun sequencing -- Institutional divorce -- Sequencing the human -- Mad magazine and destructive businessmen -- Flying forward -- The first human genome -- The White House, June 26, 2000 -- Publish and be damned -- Blue planet and new life.The story of the man who achieved one of the greatest feats of our era--the mapping of the human genome. After nearly flunking out of high school, Venter went to Vietnam, where the life and death struggles he encountered as a medic piqued his interest in science and medicine. In 1984 he joined the National Institutes of Health, introduced novel techniques for rapid gene discovery, and left in 1991 to form his own nonprofit genomics research center, where he sequenced the first genome in history in 1995. In 1998 he announced that he would successfully sequence the human genome years sooner, and for far less money, than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project would--a prediction he kept in 2001. The tale involves as much politics (personal and political) as science. He also describes the other startling projects he has conducted since.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Venter, J. Craig.; Geneticists; Human gene mapping; DNA;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Cracking the code of life [videorecording] / by Arledge, Elizabeth.; Collins, Francis S.; Lander, Eric S.; Venter, J. Craig.; Clear Blue Sky Productions.; WGBH Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)268015;
Director of photography, Ben McCoy, Erich Roland; editors, Caren Myers, Doug Quade; music, Ray Loring.Correspondent, Robert Krulwich.Describes the Human Genome Project, a research project decoding human DNA. The question is whether humans want to know what is in our genes and whether these discoveries will lead to cures.Not rated.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Science television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Celera Genomics.; National Center for Human Genome Research (U.S.).; Human Genome Project.; Human gene mapping.; Human genetics; DNA; Human genome;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mapping human history : genes, race, and our common origins / by Olson, Steve,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The human pageant -- I. AFRICA: The end of evolution: the African origins of modern humans -- The individuals and groups: the divergence of modern humans -- The African diaspora and the genetic unity of modern humans -- II. THE MIDDLE EAST: Encounters with the other: modern humans and Neandertals in the Middle East -- Agriculture, civilization, and the emergence of ethnicity -- God's people: a genetic history of the Jews -- III. ASIA AND AUSTRALIA: The great migration: to Asia and beyond -- Sprung from a common source: genes and languages -- IV. EUROPE: Who are the Europeans? == Immigration and the future of Europe -- V. THE AMERICAS: The settlement of the Americas -- The burden of knowledge: Native Americans and the Human Genome Diversity Project -- VI. THE WORLD: The end of race: Hawaii and the mixing of peoples.
Subjects: Human population genetics.; Physical anthropology and history.; Human genetics; Human beings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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The genome defense : inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA / by Contreras, Jorge L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Building the case. Who can we sue? -- The world in the Helix -- The gene queen -- Mr. Lincoln's boat -- The ACLU way -- Product of nature -- On the hill -- Speaking of patents -- The power of pink -- We've got you covered -- BART -- Patents and plaintiffs -- Pulling the trigger -- Litigation. The big guns -- SDNY -- Chicken and egg -- We're from the government -- Splitting the baby -- The patent court -- Magic microscope -- Last man standing -- Highest court in the land. Déjà vu all over again -- Air force 1 -- With friends like these -- Oyez, oyez, oyez! -- 9-0 -- Aftermath -- Appendix: The (legal) meaning of Myriad -- Principal characters."The gripping true story of a Supreme Court civil rights battle to prevent biotech companies from owning the very thing that makes us who we are--our DNA"--When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, he discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, tests they desperately needed-- because Myriad Genetics had patented the famous BRCA genes. So he sued them. Contreras gives us the view from inside as Hansen and his team of ACLU lawyers, along with a committed group of activists, scientists, and physicians, take their one-in-a-million case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The result is a compelling story about how society must balance scientific discovery with corporate profits and the rights of all people. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Patents.; Court decisions and opinions.; Association for Molecular Pathology; Myriad Genetics, Inc.; Patent suits; Human gene mapping; Human chromosome abnormalities; Human gene mapping; Human chromosome abnormalities;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Mapping human history : discovering the past through our genes / by Olson, Steve,1956-(CARDINAL)181010;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-275) and index.
Subjects: Human population genetics.; Physical anthropology and history.; Human genetics; Human beings;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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The explorer's gene : why we seek big challenges, new flavors, and the blank spots on the map / by Hutchinson, Alex,author.(CARDINAL)353780;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-278) and index.Part 1. Why We Explore -- Part 2. How We Explore -- Part 3. What Exploring Means Now."Off the beaten path, on unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a specific, primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are just beginning to understand. In fact, the latest evolutionary neuroscience suggests that exploration is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration, it turns out, isn't merely a hobby-it's our story. In this long-awaited follow-up to his New York Times bestseller 'Endure,' Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into a fascinating and provocative new field of research, examining how exploration is a fundamental part of what makes us human and revealing how, even in our fully mapped modern world, the pursuit of the unknown remains an indispensable mindset in all walks of life. And yet, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life, without the struggle and uncertainty that true exploration -- of places, experiences, and ideas -- requires. With the digital world frequently exploiting the neural circuitry behind our drive to explore, we receive the illusion of novelty without accompanying growth. This despite mounting evidence that our lives are better-more productive, more satisfying, and more fun-when we ditch the maps on our phones and find our own way. From paddling the lost rivers of the northern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesians, 'The Explorer's Gene' combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end result offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles, embracing the possibility of failure in our future, and crucially, recognizing when our present is good enough"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Voyages and travels.; Discoveries in geography.; Curiosity.; Adaptability (Psychology); Cognitive psychology.; Evolutionary developmental biology.; Experiential learning.; Travel; Travel; Travel; Human beings;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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The explorer's gene [sound recording] : why we seek big challenges, new flavors, and the blank spots on the map / by Hutchinson, Alex,author.(CARDINAL)353780; Axtell, Michael David.;
Read by Michael David Axtell."Off the beaten path, on unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a specific, primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are just beginning to understand. In fact, the latest evolutionary neuroscience suggests that exploration is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration, it turns out, isn't merely a hobby-it's our story. In this long-awaited follow-up to his New York Times bestseller 'Endure,' Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into a fascinating and provocative new field of research, examining how exploration is a fundamental part of what makes us human and revealing how, even in our fully mapped modern world, the pursuit of the unknown remains an indispensable mindset in all walks of life. And yet, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life, without the struggle and uncertainty that true exploration -- of places, experiences, and ideas -- requires. With the digital world frequently exploiting the neural circuitry behind our drive to explore, we receive the illusion of novelty without accompanying growth. This despite mounting evidence that our lives are better-more productive, more satisfying, and more fun-when we ditch the maps on our phones and find our own way. From paddling the lost rivers of the northern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesians, 'The Explorer's Gene' combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end result offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles, embracing the possibility of failure in our future, and crucially, recognizing when our present is good enough"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Audiobooks.; Voyages and travels.; Discoveries in geography.; Curiosity.; Adaptability (Psychology); Cognitive psychology.; Evolutionary developmental biology.; Experiential learning.; Travel; Travel; Travel; Human beings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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