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020    9781421444024|qelectronic book 
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035    (OCoLC)1327991989 
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049    GTKE 
050  4 QR372.O6|bM67 2022 
082 04 616.99/4019|223/eng/20211014 
100 1  Morgan, Gregory J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Cancer virus hunters :|ba history of tumor virology /
       |cGregory J. Morgan. 
264  1 Baltimore :|bJohns Hopkins University Press,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    data file|2rda 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction. The Untold Story of How a Century of Tumor 
       Virology Changed Biomedicine -- 1 The Beginnings -- 2 True
       Believers -- 3 The Importance of Measurement -- 4 Cell 
       Lines and Cat Leukemia -- 5 Insights from the Field -- 6 
       Persistence despite Political Challenges -- 7 A Surprising
       Discovery in the Blood -- 8 A Breakthrough and a New Tool 
       -- 9 The Molecular-Genetic Basis of Cancer -- 10 Mecca for
       Tumor Virology -- 11 Control Mechanisms beyond Viruses -- 
       12 A Second Cancer Gene -- 13 A Molecular Brake on Cancer 
       -- 14 Unplanned Practical Payoffs -- 15 Planned Practical 
       Payoffs -- Conclusion. Patterns in a Century of Research -
       - Acknowledgments -- Interviews and Archival Sources 
520    "The author tells a history of the study of cancer-causing
       viruses from the early twentieth century to the 
       development of an HPV vaccine for cervical cancer in 2006.
       He profiles the "cancer virus hunters" who made 
       breakthroughs in tumor virology"--|cProvided by publisher.
588    Description based on online resource; title from digital 
       title page (viewed on July 08, 2022). 
650  0 Oncogenic viruses|xResearch. 
650  0 Cancer|xEtiology|xResearch. 
650  0 Virology|xResearch. 
650  7 Cancer|xEtiology|xResearch.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00845363 
650  7 Oncogenic viruses|xResearch.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01045735 
650  7 Virology|xResearch.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01167675 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aMorgan, Gregory J.|tCancer virus 
       hunters.|dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022
       |z9781421444017|w(DLC)  2021039028|w(OCoLC)1276804549 
914    on1327991989 
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