A contagious cause : the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine /: the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robin Wolfe Scheffler.
• Authors: Scheffler, Robin Wolfe
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (pages)
• Subjects: 616.99/4019; Oncogenic viruses -- Research -- United States -- History; Cancer -- Etiology -- Research -- United States -- History; Virology -- Research -- United States -- History; Molecular biology -- United States -- History; Cancer -- Etiology -- Research; Molecular biology; Oncogenic viruses -- Research; Virology -- Research; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; United States; History; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226628400
• Related ISBNs: 022662840X; 9780226458892; 022645889X; 9780226628370; 022662837X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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