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![]() 书评 Medical research 医学研究 Ego men 自我 WHEN scientists gathered at the White House nearly four years ago to announce that they had sequenced the human genome, it was hailed as the “most wondrous map ever produced by humankind”.
But look carefully at the word “genome” and you'll find “ego men” within.
Described both as “an inspiration” and “an opportunistic maniac”, Dr Venter looms large in “The Genome War”, from his slacker days as a teenager in California, to the horrors of his tour of duty in Vietnam.
Mr Shreeve does the same for the publicly funded Human Genome Project, probing its organisational flaws and petty rivalries.
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![]() Medical research 医学研究 Ego men 自我 WHEN scientists gathered at the White House nearly four years ago to announce that they had sequenced the human genome, it was hailed as the “most wondrous map ever produced by humankind”. The ensuing rivalry led both sides to public sniping, brazen promises, uneasy alliances, awkward compromises and desperate deadlines. Mr Shreeve's book, largely based on personal interviews, is a detailed and immensely entertaining account of this scientific joust. Described both as “an inspiration” and “an opportunistic maniac”, Dr Venter looms large in “The Genome War”, from his slacker days as a teenager in California, to the horrors of his tour of duty in Vietnam. The scientist is generally reviled by academics for trying to patent many of his genomic discoveries. But Mr Shreeve paints Dr Venter more as a man who started out believing in public access to such riches, but got caught up in corporate interests which eventually forced him out of Celera. In the course of tracing how close the company came to failing, “The Genome War” also highlights the contrast between Dr Venter's brash surface and his deeper frailties.
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