The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
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The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome is a non-fiction book by Nobel laureate John Sulston that recounts the scientific race to sequence the human genome and explores its political and ethical implications.
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Target entity: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome Context triple: [John Sulston, notableWork, The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome Target entity description: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome is a non-fiction book by Nobel laureate John Sulston that recounts the scientific race to sequence the human genome and explores its political and ethical implications.
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A.
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
"A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution" is a popular science book that explains the discovery, science, and ethical implications of CRISPR gene-editing technology for reshaping life and evolution.
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B.
The Third Man of the Double Helix
The Third Man of the Double Helix is Maurice Wilkins’s autobiographical account of his role in the discovery of the DNA double-helix structure and the surrounding scientific and personal controversies.
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C.
The Language of Life
The Language of Life is a popular science book by geneticist Francis Collins that explains how advances in genomics are transforming medicine and personal health.
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D.
Race: Science and Politics
Race: Science and Politics is a mid-20th-century work of cultural anthropology that critiques scientific racism and argues that race is a social, not biological, construct.
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E.
The Value of Science
The Value of Science is an influential philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | John Sulston ⓘ |
| authorNobelLaureateIn |
Physiology or Medicine
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linked to:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| coAuthor | Georgina Ferry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
conflicts over control of genome data
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development of large-scale DNA sequencing ⓘ international collaboration in genomics ⓘ |
| explores |
ownership of genetic information
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patenting of genes ⓘ responsibilities of scientists to society ⓘ tension between collaboration and competition in science ⓘ |
| features |
John Sulston’s role in the Human Genome Project
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debates over data release policies ⓘ interactions between scientists and politicians ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ethical implications of genome sequencing
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political implications of genome sequencing ⓘ race to sequence the human genome ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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science writing ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Common Thread ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in bioethics ⓘ readers interested in science policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | John Sulston ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| portrays |
private-sector genome initiatives
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publicly funded genome research ⓘ |
| subject |
Human Genome Project
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bioethics ⓘ genomics ⓘ human genome sequencing ⓘ intellectual property in genetics ⓘ open access to genomic data ⓘ public versus private science ⓘ science policy ⓘ scientific competition ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Human Genome Project era
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
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A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
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linked to: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome