Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene
Stephen S. Hall. Microsoft Press, $8.94 (334pp) ISBN 978-1-55615-172-9
The goal of this ``race'' between a Harvard biogenetics lab and two San Francisco-area labs was to make insulin in mass-market quantities by using recombinant DNA techniques. ``This is demanding reading for biochemistry novices,'' warned PW , ``but the drama is double-track: scientists plus entrepreneurs.'' (October)
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Reviewed on: 09/01/1988
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 334 pages - 978-0-87113-147-8
Paperback - 352 pages - 978-0-19-515159-6
