The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome

“Probably the most authoritative account of the genesis and early stages of the Human Genome Project. . . . This book tells it the way it was—and is.” —Victor A. McKusick, University Professor of Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University The Human Genome Project, the most ambitious biological research program ever undertaken, was born in controversy. Heralded by its more enthusiastic proponents as a quest for the 'Holy Grail of biology' - and the key, ultimately, to the treatment of a vari...