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Hepatitis B : the hunt for a killer virus / Baruch S. Blumberg.
Van Pelt Library QR201.H46 B58 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blumberg, Baruch S., 1925-2011.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hepatitis B virus--Research--History.
- Hepatitis B virus.
- Hepatitis B vaccine--Research--History.
- Hepatitis B vaccine.
- Research.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. It has killed more people than AIDS and causes millions of cases of liver cancer. With wit and insight, Baruch Blumberg tells the story of how he and a team of researchers found this deadly virus and the vaccine against it. This is more than a fascinating chronicle of a major discovery. What Blumberg followed to the virus was a trial of remarkable "accidents" that happen when scientists seek answers to interesting questions. Those events, combined with the investigators' determined persistence, resulted in studies that generated a pharmaceutical industry, have far-flung public-health applications, and saved millions of lives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 069100692X
- OCLC:
- 48032489
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