A contagious cause the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine / Robin Wolfe Scheffler.
| Author/creator | Scheffler, Robin Wolfe |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019. |
| Description | viii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: "an infectious disease, a virus" -- Cancer and contagion -- Cancer as a viral disease -- Policymakers and philanthropists define the cancer problem -- The biomedical settlement and the federalization of the cancer problem -- Managing the future at the special virus leukemia program -- Administrative objects and the infrastructure of cancer virus research -- Viruses as a central front in the war on cancer -- Molecular biology's resistance to the war on cancer -- The West Coast retrovirus rush and the discovery of oncogenes -- Momentum for molecular medicine -- Conclusion: afterlife, memory, and failure in biomedical research. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-364) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018045367 |
| ISBN | 9780226458892 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226628370 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |