Cold war triangle: how scientists in East and West tamed HIV / Renilde Loeckx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loeckx, Renilde, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Research--Political aspects.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections--Research--Political aspects.

HIV infections.

AIDS (Disease)--International cooperation.

HIV infections--International cooperation.

AIDS Vaccines--history.

Anti-Retroviral Agents--history.

Biomedical Research--history.

Epidemics--prevention & control.

International Cooperation.

History, 20th Century.

International cooperation.

HIV infections--Research.

Medical Subjects:

AIDS Vaccines--history.

Anti-Retroviral Agents--history.

Biomedical Research--history.

Epidemics--prevention & control.

International Cooperation.

History, 20th Century.

Physical Description:

186 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Lipsius Leuven, [2017]

Summary:

"A small group of scientists were doggedly working in the field of antiviral treatments when the AIDS epidemic struck. Faced with one of the grand challenges of modern biology of the twentieth century, scientists worked across the political divide of the Cold War to produce a new class of antivirals. Their molecules were developed by a Californian start-up together with teams of scientists at the Rega Institute of KU Leuven and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Academy of Sciences in Prague. These molecules became the cornerstone of the blockbuster drugs now used to combat and prevent HIV. 'Cold War Triangle' gives an insight into the human face of science as it recounts the extraordinary story of scientists in East and West who overcame ideological barriers and worked together for the benefit of humanity."--Back cover.

Contents:

Leuven : a hotbed for antiviral research

Behind the Iron Curtain

Strange bedfellows : a Czech chemist and a Flemish virologist

The sixties in Leuven and Prague

Enzymes : the secret of life as chemistry

From interferon to nucleosides

Breaking away from interferon

The first antiviral drugs

AIDS emerges in the shadow of the Cold War

From passivity to action

First attempts to halt the epidemic

Finding the best therapy : the one-a-day-pill

Epilogue : of scientists and crusaders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789462701137

946270113X

OCLC:

1000599881

Publisher Number:

99976355019