UID:
edocfu_9959229004802883
Format:
1 online resource (285 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-29305-4
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1-134-29306-2
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1-280-15077-7
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9786610150779
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0-203-48153-4
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Uniform Title:
De la calle al frente.
Content:
This innovative study charts the beginnings, history and fate of Interferon - one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs. Interferon is part of the medical profession's armoury against viral infection, cancer and MS. The story of its development and use is one of survival in the face of remarkable cycles of promise and disappointment as a miracle drug. By telling this story, Toine Pieters' book provides insight into the research, manufacture, and marketing of new bio-molecules that mark modern medical science. Pieters' closely argued book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach i
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Interferon's Birth; 2 Shaping a New Field of Research: Investigating Interferon(s); 3 Interferon on Trial; 4 Managing Differences; 5 About Mice, Malignancies and Experimental Therapies; 6 Interferon, Audiences and Cancer; 7 Yet Another Twist: Marketing Interferon as a Helpful Neighbour; 8 Interferons in Retrospect and Prospect; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-64866-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-34246-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203481530
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