02364cam a2200337 i 4500 889030846 TxAuBib 20230830120000.0 220705s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022031887 9780525658207 HRD 30.00 0525658203 HRD 30.00 (OCoLC)1348935115 TxAuBib rda Tabery, James, author. Tyranny of the gene [BOOK] : personalized medicine and its threat to public health / James Tabery. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-308) and index. A Tale of Two Revolutions -- The End of a Partnership -- Industry Relationships -- From Artificial Nose to Genomics Juggernaut -- The Politics of the Personal -- Genomics Finds Its Hammer -- Not Personal, Not Precise -- Disparity in the Genome -- The "Gleevec Scenario". The United States is embarking on a medical revolution. Supporters of personalized, or precision, medicine—the tailoring of health care to our genomes—have promised to usher in a new era of miracle cures. Advocates of this gene-guided health-care practice foresee a future where skyrocketing costs can be curbed by customization and unjust disparities are vanquished by biomedical breakthroughs. Progress, however, has come slowly, and with a price too high for the average citizen. In Tyranny of the Gene, James Tabery exposes the origin story of personalized medicine—essentially a marketing idea dreamed up by pharmaceutical executives—and traces its path from the Human Genome Project to the present, revealing how politicians, influential federal scientists, biotech companies, and drug giants all rallied behind the genetic hype. The result is a medical revolution that privileges the few at the expense of health care that benefits us all. Provided by publisher. 20230830. Precision medicine. Genomics Law and legislation. Public health. Medical care.