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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816909003321

Autore

Rasmussen Nicolas <1962->

Titolo

Gene jockeys : life science and the rise of biotech enterprise / / Nicolas Rasmussen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4214-1341-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

660.6

Soggetti

Biotechnology - United States

Entrepreneurship - United States

Pharmaceutical technology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biology, industry, and the Cold War -- The insulin trophy -- Growing pains : commercial strains on a way of life -- The interferon derby : markets in credit, tournaments of value -- EPO : the making of the biotech blockbuster -- tPA the end of the beginning.