Description |
x, 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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"A New republic book." |
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Includes indexes. |
Contents |
I. Some history behind the story. Becoming a physician, becoming a scientist; The National Institutes of Health and the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology; Microscopic intruders -- II. The discovery of cancer-causing retroviruses in humans. The story of retroviruses and cancer: from poultry to people; Success, defeat, success; Discovery of a cancer virus: the first human retrovirus; Discovery of the second human retrovirus (and how the HTLVs produce disease) -- The discovery of a third human retrovirus; the AIDS virus. A single disease wit a single cause; Breaking through: "we know how to work with this kind of virus"; Making progress, making sense: the period of intense discovery; The blood test patent suit: rivalry and resolution -- IV. A scientist's look at the science and politics of AIDS. The alarm; How the AIDS virus works; Kaposi's Sarcoma: a special tumor of AIDS; About causes of disease (and, in particular, Why HIV is the cause of AIDS); What we can do about AIDS and the AIDS virus. |
Subject |
Gallo, Robert C.
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Virologists -- United States -- Biography.
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HIV (Viruses)
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AIDS (Disease)
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Gallo, Robert C.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Autobiography.
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Neoplasms -- etiology -- Autobiography.
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Research -- Autobiography.
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Retroviridae -- Autobiography.
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ISBN |
0465098061 |
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9780465098064 |
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0465098150 paperback |
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9780465098156 paperback |
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