A quest for the code of life : genome analysis at the The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus / by Liz Fletcher and Roy Porter.

  • Fletcher, Liz.
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[1997]
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    A Quest for the Code of Life n five short /ears, Hinxton Hall 1 ^3^ [Ill r^T^TiPTi in Cambridgeshire has been ^ «uffj uiL 1 .transformed from a run-down Ißl country estate into one of the world's j|:imr „ leading centres of genome analysis - ; the WellcomeTrust Genome Campus. : ' 'ÜÜL. SgSK This book tells the remarkable story I mt of the Genome Campus - from the [ ^ . early days when researchers toiled round the clock in makeshift laboratories, to its official opening in October 1997. It covers both the transformation of the site aneLthe people who made it happen. It chronicles the life and work of the Welcome Trust's founder, Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), without whose far- sighted beneficence the Genome Campus would never have been built. And it explores the science behind the Human Genome Project - a venture poised to revolutionize both our understanding of human life and our approach to healthcare in the next millennium. Written by neuroscientist and science writer Dr Liz Fletcher, with a historical perspective from Professor Roy Porter of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, A Quest for the Code of Life provides both a fascinating account of this unique investment in the future and a thought-provoking insight into one of humankind's most ambitious endeavours. Ë] The WellcomeTrust '■/' helping medical science to flourish The Wellcome Trust Is the world's largest medical research charity. It also funds major initiatives in the public appreciation of science and is the UK's leading supporter of research in the history of medicine.