Ian Frazer : the man who saved a million lives / Madonna King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Madonna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunologists--Australia--Biography.

Immunologists.

Medical scientists--Australia--Biography.

Medical scientists.

Frazer, I. H. (Ian H.).

Frazer, I. H.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2013.

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>An unforgettable story of perseverance and aspiration, this biography of Dr. Ian Frazer, the man whose vaccine for cervical cancer has helped save the lives of more than 275,000 women around the world each year, peels back the many layers of his extraordinary life. Given exclusive access to Frazer, biographer and journalist Madonna King tells of his ongoing struggle for funding cancer research, the herculean international legal battle waged to win the patent, the devastating loss of his friend and co researcher, Dr. Jian Zhou, and Frazer's ongoi

Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title Page; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-one; Chapter Twenty-two; Chapter Twenty-three; Chapter Twenty-four; Ian's Lemon meringue pie; Acknowledgements; Index; Picture Section

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-7022-5183-6

OCLC:

855969790