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The lock and key of medicine : monoclonal antibodies and the transformation of healthcare / Lara V. Marks.
LIBRA RM282.M65 M37 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marks, Lara, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monoclonal antibodies--Therapeutic use.
- Monoclonal antibodies.
- Monoclonal antibodies--Therapeutic use--History.
- Antibodies, Monoclonal--therapeutic use.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Antibodies, Monoclonal--therapeutic use.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Hunting for the Elusive "Magic Bullet" 1
- 2 A Hesitant Start: Patents, Politics, and Process 25
- 3 Breakthroughs at the Bench 47
- 4 The First Medical Applications 69
- 5 Joy, Disappointment, Determination: Early Clinical Tests 88
- 6 The Wild West of Antibody Commercialization 110
- 7 The Challenge of Monoclonal Antibody Drugs 139
- 8 Antibody Engineering: A Renaissance for Mab Therapeutics 159
- 9 Blockbuster Mab Drugs 184
- 10 A Quiet Revolution: The Legacy of Monoclonal Antibodies 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300167733
- 9780300167733
- OCLC:
- 911263385
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