عنوان

A contagious cause :

شابک

022645889X

شابک

022662837X

شابک

9780226458892

شابک

9780226628370

شابک اشتباه

9780226628400

عنوان اصلي

A contagious cause :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Robin Wolfe Scheffler.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2019.

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2019

نام خاص و کميت اثر

viii, 379 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

23 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-364) and index.

متن يادداشت

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.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"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."--

موضوع مستند نشده

Cancer-- Etiology-- Research-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Molecular biology-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Oncogenic viruses-- Research-- United States-- History.

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Virology-- Research-- United States-- History.

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Biomedical Research-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

History, 20th Century.

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Molecular Biology-- history.

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Neoplasms-- virology.

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Oncogenic Viruses.

موضوع مستند نشده

Virology-- history.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cancer-- Etiology-- Research.

موضوع مستند نشده

Molecular biology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Oncogenic viruses-- Research.

موضوع مستند نشده

Virology-- Research.

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United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

2

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

شماره رده

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Scheffler, Robin Wolfe

تاريخ عمليات

20200822102725.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y