Transducing the Genome: Information Anarchy and Revolution in the Biomedical Sciences

EEn......Page 0
Transducing The Genome - Information, Anarchy, and Revolution in the Biomedical Sciences......Page 1
Copyright Info......Page 4
TOC......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1 - Cancer, Computers, and a \"List-Based\" Biology......Page 15
2 - Information and Life......Page 26
3 - Behold the Gene......Page 34
4 - Working with Genes One at a Time......Page 43
5 - The Database......Page 50
6 - Getting the Genes......Page 58
7 - Prospecting for Genes with ESTs......Page 72
8 - ESTs, the Gene Race, and Moore\'s Law......Page 87
9 - The End Game......Page 97
10 - Human Genome History......Page 114
11 - Comparing Human Genomes......Page 125
12 - A Paradigm in Peril......Page 133
13 - The Ancient Internet--Information Flow in Cells......Page 143
14 - Accessing the Information Output of the Genome......Page 157
15 - The Genomics Industry......Page 169
16 - The SNP Race......Page 184
17 - From Information to Knowledge......Page 195
18 - The Final Act......Page 207
Appendix - How the Patent Process Works......Page 227
Glossary......Page 241
Notes......Page 245
Index......Page 264
About the Author......Page 275