03044oam 22005654a 450 991088299700332120241104224159.00-9834639-2-1(CKB)34399708200041(OCoLC)1453284899(MdBmJHUP)musev2_124675(EXLCZ)993439970820004120120405d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPaths to Innovation Discovering Recombinant DNA, Oncogenes, and Prions, in One Medical School, Over One Decade /Henry R. BourneSan Francisco :University of California Medical Humanities Consortium,2011.©2011.1 online resource (322 pages)illustrations, portraitsPerspectives in medical humanitiesIncludes bibliographical references and index.Nowhere to go but up! : UCSF consolidates 1958-1964 -- Deciding a future : The wild man's victory -- New brooms : And a new template for research -- Bizarre little binary point : An unlikely revolutionist -- The DNA revolution is born : As a new department prospers -- A transforming harvest : the revolution's first fruits -- Lone wolf and literacy maven : Parellel tracks converge -- A rare partnership : Fishing out the first cancer gene -- Barbarian at the gate : Naming the citadel -- Marching into the citadel : In golden armor -- Something in the water : Can we bottle it? -- Hatching innovation : Incubate, don't squeeze."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.Perspectives in medical humanities.GeneticsResearchfast(OCoLC)fst00940133MedecineHistoire20e siecleBiomedical ResearchhistoryHistory, 20th CenturySchools, MedicalhistoryGeneticsResearchCaliforniaHistoryCaliforniafasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8p3GDkhpJkC9y6FY3wCSan FranciscoHistory.GeneticsResearch.MedecineHistoireBiomedical ResearchhistoryHistory, 20th CenturySchools, MedicalhistoryGeneticsResearchHistory.576.5Bourne Henry R1767848UC Medical Humanities Consortium.MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910882997003321UNINA