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A Contagious Cause : The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine / / Robin Wolfe Scheffler
| A Contagious Cause : The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine / / Robin Wolfe Scheffler |
| Autore | Scheffler Robin Wolfe |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 pages) |
| Disciplina | 616.994019 |
| Collana | Chicago scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Oncogenic viruses - Research - United States - History
Cancer - Etiology - Research - United States - History Virology - Research - United States - History Molecular biology - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biomedicine
cancer chronic disease contagion germ theory health policy infrastructure molecular biology public health virus |
| ISBN | 0-226-62840-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Introduction: "An Infectious Disease-A Virus" -- Chapter 1. Cancer and Contagion -- Chapter 2. Cancer as a Viral Disease -- Chapter 3. Policymakers and Philanthropists Define the Cancer Problem -- Chapter 4. The Biomedical Settlement and the Federalization of the Cancer Problem -- Chapter 5. Managing the Future at the Special Virus Leukemia Program -- Chapter 6. Administrative Objects and the Infrastructure of Cancer Virus Research -- Chapter 7. Viruses as a Central Front in the War on Cancer -- Chapter 8. Molecular Biology's Resistance to the War on Cancer -- Chapter 9. The West Coast Retrovirus Rush and the Discovery of Oncogenes -- Chapter 10. Momentum for Molecular Medicine -- Conclusion: Afterlife, Memory, and Failure in Biomedical Research -- Time Line -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910861017103321 |
Scheffler Robin Wolfe
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2019] | ||
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Inescapable ecologies [[electronic resource] ] : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash
| Inescapable ecologies [[electronic resource] ] : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash |
| Autore | Nash Linda Lorraine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4/2794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical geography - California - History
Environmental health - California - History Public health - California - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century biomedicine california cancer clusters causes of disease central valley disease history ecologists ecology ecosystem environment and culture environmental history environmental impact environmental movement environmental protest environmentalists germ theory human impact illness natural science natural world nonfiction pollution public health regional ecology textbooks toxic chemicals wilderness |
| ISBN |
9786611752521
0-520-93999-9 1-281-75252-5 1-60129-529-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Body And Environment In An Era Of Colonization -- 2. Placing Health And Disease -- 3. Producing A Sanitary Landscape -- 4. Modern Landscapes And Ecological Bodies -- 5. Contesting The Space Of Disease -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418003321 |
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Nash Linda Lorraine
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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