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Terminology and the Construction of Scientific Disciplines: The Case of Pharmacogenomics

2003-09-20

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This article explores the way in which social explanations underpin the names of particular disciplines. Taking the example of pharmacogenomics (a spin-off from the Human Genome Project), it shows how this term has been constructed since it appeared in 1997, the differences and similarities between it and its precursor, pharmacogenetics, and the way in which commercial interests underpin this new term. Drawing on...

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Literature Corpus work: 0d547a68-026c-5603-889f-dafd0a0f828d
DOI: 10.1177/0162243903256274

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