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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Scheffler, Robin Wolfe, author.     Subjects     Oncogenic viruses -- Research -- United States -- History.     Cancer -- Etiology -- Research -- United States -- History.     Virology -- Research -- United States -- History.     Molecular biology -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Scheffler, Robin Wolfe, author.       by title:      A contagious cause :...         MARC Display

A contagious cause : the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine / Robin Wolfe Scheffler. by Scheffler, Robin Wolfe, author. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2019] Subjects Oncogenic viruses -- Research -- United States -- History.   Cancer -- Etiology -- Research -- United States -- History.   Virology -- Research -- United States -- History.   Molecular biology -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9780226628370 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 022662837X (pbk. ; alk. paper) Description:  viii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents:  Introduction: "an infectious disease, a virus" -- Cancer and contagion -- Cancer as a viral disease -- Policymakers and philanthropists define the cancer problem -- The biomedical settlement and the federalization of the cancer problem -- Managing the future at the special virus leukemia program -- Administrative objects and the infrastructure of cancer virus research -- Viruses as a central front in the war on cancer -- Molecular biology's resistance to the war on cancer -- The West Coast retrovirus rush and the discovery of oncogenes -- Momentum for molecular medicine -- Conclusion: afterlife, memory, and failure in biomedical research. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 616.99401 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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