{"product_id":"gene-jockeys-nicolas-rasmussen-9781421413402","title":"Gene Jockeys: Life Science and the Rise of Biotech Enterprise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe scientific scramble to discover the first generation of drugs created through genetic engineering.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biotech arena emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, when molecular biology, one of the fastest-moving areas of basic science in the twentieth century, met the business world. \u003ci\u003eGene Jockeys\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed study of the biotech projects that led to five of the first ten recombinant DNA drugs to be approved for medical use in the United States: human insulin, human growth hormone, alpha interferon, erythropoietin, and tissue plasminogen activator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on corporate documents obtained from patent litigation, as well as interviews with the ambitious biologists who called themselves gene jockeys, historian Nicolas Rasmussen chronicles the remarkable, and often secretive, work of the scientists who built a new domain between academia and the drug industry in the pursuit of intellectual rewards and big payouts. In contrast to some who critique the rise of biotechnology, Rasmussen contends that biotech was not a swindle, even if the public did pay a very high price for the development of what began as public scientific resources. Within the biotech enterprise, the work of corporate scientists went well beyond what biologists had already accomplished within universities, and it accelerated the medical use of the new drugs by several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his technically detailed and readable narrative, Rasmussen focuses on the visible and often heavy hands that construct and maintain the markets in public goods like science. He looks closely at how science follows money, and vice versa, as researchers respond to the pressures and potential rewards of commercially viable innovations. In biotechnology, many of those engaged in crafting markets for genetically engineered drugs were biologists themselves who were in fact trying to do science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book captures that heady, fleeting moment when a biologist could expect to do great science through the private sector and be rewarded with both wealth and scientific acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolas Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142141340X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421413402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.02w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 474","brand":"Nicolas Rasmussen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072941224191,"sku":"9781421413402","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a7afb81-2646-42e1-863a-184e65546403.jpg?v=1685444851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gene-jockeys-nicolas-rasmussen-9781421413402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}