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Author Pieters, Toine, 1960-

Title Interferon : the science and selling of a miracle drug / Toine Pieters
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine ; 21
Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; v. 21.
Contents 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
Summary This book charts the history and development of one of the most important medical substances of the twentieth century, Interferon, as a drug
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-255) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Interferon -- History
Interferon industry -- History
Interferons -- therapeutic use
Drug Industry -- economics
Drug Industry -- trends
Interferons -- economics
Interferons -- history
Technology, Pharmaceutical -- methods
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Interferon
Interferon industry
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004053702
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