Nobel laureate Arthur Kornberg brilliantly chronicles the saga of a small biotech start-up, the key players, the painstaking development of the perfect product and the forces affecting its success or failure. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the biotechnology business.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"A fascinating adventure into the interworkings of the emerging biotechnology industry and its complex relationship to academic scientists." --Leroy Hood, Univ. of Washington
"A fascinating book for anyone who loves science.', Hugh D'Andrade 'An engaging and well-written story." --Paul Schimmel, MIT
"Anyone fascinated with modern science, particularly biotechnology, will appreciate this book." --Choice
"Kornberg's views on the wellsprings of scientific knowledge are embedded in a smartly written work that will reward readers in academe and industry." --Nature
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Mill Valley
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 285 cm
Breite: 83.5 cm
Dicke: 32 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-935702-32-3 (9780935702323)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Arthur Kornberg shared (with Severo Ochoa) the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959 for his laboratory synthesis of DNA. He is the author of several major books, including DNA Replication, second edition (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1991) and a scientific autobiography, For the Love of Enzymes: the Odyssey of a Biochemist (Harvard University Press, 1989). He is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Currents and Eddies in Biotechnology.- Birth of a Biotech Venture.- A Scientist Entrepreneur: Alejandro Zaffaroni.- A Biotech-driven Pharmaceutical Company.- Growth of a Biotech Venture.- The DNAX-Schering-Plough Connection.- Genentech, Amgen, Chiron, and Regeneron.- Pros and Cons of Biotech Ventures.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.
