Sulston, John
The Common Thread
- ISBN 13:
- 9780552159609
- author:
- Sulston, John
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- Popular Science & Nature, Popular Science, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
The Common Thread by Georgina Ferry and John Sulston is a personal account of one of the largest international scientific operations ever undertaken - the Human Genome Project. The project, which was completed in record time, was led by John Sulston as director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. Sulston shares his experiences behind the scenes of this groundbreaking project, including the competition with other teams and the challenges they faced. He also reveals his hopes and concerns about how the information unlocked by the Human Genome Project will affect people's lives in the future. The book is both a compelling history of this scientific breakthrough and an impassioned call for ethical responsibility in scientific research. As the boundaries between science and big business continue to blur, The Common Thread offers a fresh outlook on our scientific understanding of ourselves and highlights the need for a common protocol for protecting the wider human interest.
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