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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Offit, Paul A., author.     Subjects     Therapeutics -- History.     Therapeutics -- Complications.     Diffusion of innovations.     Medicine -- Research -- History.     Biotechnology -- Risk assessment.     Bioethics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Offit, Paul A., author.       by title:      You bet your life : ...         MARC Display

You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovations / Paul A. Offit, MD. by Offit, Paul A., author. New York : Basic Books, 2021. Subjects Therapeutics -- History.   Therapeutics -- Complications.   Diffusion of innovations.   Medicine -- Research -- History.   Biotechnology -- Risk assessment.   Bioethics. ISBN:  9781541620391 (hardcover) : 1541620399 (hardcover) : Description:  258 pages ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Louis Washkansky : heart transplants -- Ryan White : blood transfusions -- Hannah Greener : anesthesia -- "Jim" : biologicals -- Joan Marlar : antibiotics -- Anne Gottsdanker : vaccines -- Clarence Dally : x-rays -- "Eleven unnamed children" : chemotherapy -- Jesse Gelsinger : gene therapy -- Epilogue : living with uncertainty. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Four months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the death count surged, the FDA made a risky decision: it approved an anti-malarial drug as a treatment for coronavirus, despite limited data on its efficacy or side effects. A month later, the FDA withdrew its recommendation, but by then, the damage had been done. The drug was ineffective and sometimes even lethal. The mistake was hardly a one-off. As virologist Paul. A. Offit shows in You Bet Your Life, from antibiotics and vaccines to x-rays and genetic engineering, risk, and our understanding of it, have shaped the course of modern medicine, paving the way for its greatest triumphs and tragedies. By telling the stories of the events--and of the frequent hypocrisy and cravenness of the characters at their center--Offit shows how risk, and failure, have driven innovation, and importantly, how by examining our mistakes we can make better medical predictions and decisions going forward."--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 615.58 Of Checked out 05/23/2024 Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library Adult Nonfiction 615.58 Of Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 615.58 Of Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mountain View P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 615.58 Of Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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