Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Virus Cancer Program
Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The virus cancer program: progress report
The Virus Cancer Program
Author: United States. Viral Oncology Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Fifth Joint Working Conference of the Special Virus Cancer Program, Etiology Area-NCI at Airlie Foundation, October 12-14, 1970
Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Special Virus Cancer Program. Joint Working Conference
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Special Virus Cancer Program, Etiology Area--NCI Fourth Joint Working Conferece
Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Special Virus Cancer Program. Joint Working Conference
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A Contagious Cause
Author: Robin Wolfe Scheffler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022662837X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Is cancer a contagious disease? In the late nineteenth century this idea, and attending efforts to identify a cancer “germ,” inspired fear and ignited controversy. Yet speculation that cancer might be contagious also contained a kernel of hope that the strategies used against infectious diseases, especially vaccination, might be able to subdue this dread disease. Today, nearly one in six cancers are thought to have an infectious cause, but the path to that understanding was twisting and turbulent. A Contagious Cause is the first book to trace the century-long hunt for a human cancer virus in America, an effort whose scale exceeded that of the Human Genome Project. The government’s campaign merged the worlds of molecular biology, public health, and military planning in the name of translating laboratory discoveries into useful medical therapies. However, its expansion into biomedical research sparked fierce conflict. Many biologists dismissed the suggestion that research should be planned and the idea of curing cancer by a vaccine or any other means as unrealistic, if not dangerous. Although the American hunt was ultimately fruitless, this effort nonetheless profoundly shaped our understanding of life at its most fundamental levels. A Contagious Cause links laboratory and legislature as has rarely been done before, creating a new chapter in the histories of science and American politics.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022662837X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Is cancer a contagious disease? In the late nineteenth century this idea, and attending efforts to identify a cancer “germ,” inspired fear and ignited controversy. Yet speculation that cancer might be contagious also contained a kernel of hope that the strategies used against infectious diseases, especially vaccination, might be able to subdue this dread disease. Today, nearly one in six cancers are thought to have an infectious cause, but the path to that understanding was twisting and turbulent. A Contagious Cause is the first book to trace the century-long hunt for a human cancer virus in America, an effort whose scale exceeded that of the Human Genome Project. The government’s campaign merged the worlds of molecular biology, public health, and military planning in the name of translating laboratory discoveries into useful medical therapies. However, its expansion into biomedical research sparked fierce conflict. Many biologists dismissed the suggestion that research should be planned and the idea of curing cancer by a vaccine or any other means as unrealistic, if not dangerous. Although the American hunt was ultimately fruitless, this effort nonetheless profoundly shaped our understanding of life at its most fundamental levels. A Contagious Cause links laboratory and legislature as has rarely been done before, creating a new chapter in the histories of science and American politics.
Special Virus Cancer Program
Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Special Virus Cancer Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Special Virus Cancer Program, Progress Report
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oncogenic viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Special Virus Cancer Program
National Cancer Program
Author: National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description