TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scheffler,Robin Wolfe
TI  - A contagious cause: the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine 
SN  - 9780226628400
AV  - QR372.O6 S34 2019eb
U1  - 616.99/4019 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Oncogenic viruses
KW  - Research
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Etiology
KW  - Virology
KW  - Molecular biology
KW  - Neoplasms
KW  - virology
KW  - Oncogenic Viruses
KW  - history
KW  - Molecular Biology
KW  - Biomedical Research
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - Virus oncog�enes
KW  - Recherche
KW  - �Etats-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - �Etiologie
KW  - Virologie
KW  - Biologie mol�eculaire
KW  - M�edecine
KW  - 20e si�ecle
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Clinical Medicine
KW  - Evidence-Based Medicine
KW  - Internal Medicine
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - Is cancer a contagious disease? In the late nineteenth century this idea, and attending efforts to identify a cancer "germ," inspired fear and ignited controversy. Yet speculation that cancer might be contagious also contained a kernel of hope that the strategies used against infectious diseases, especially vaccination, might be able to subdue this dread disease. Today, nearly one in six cancers are thought to have an infectious cause, but the path to that understanding was twisting and turbulent. ​ A Contagious Cause is the first book to trace the century-long hunt for a human cancer virus in America, an effort whose scale exceeded that of the Human Genome Project. The government's campaign merged the worlds of molecular biology, public health, and military planning in the name of translating laboratory discoveries into useful medical therapies. However, its expansion into biomedical research sparked fierce conflict. Many biologists dismissed the suggestion that research should be planned and the idea of curing cancer by a vaccine or any other means as unrealistic, if not dangerous. Although the American hunt was ultimately fruitless, this effort nonetheless profoundly shaped our understanding of life at its most fundamental levels. A Contagious Cause links laboratory and legislature as has rarely been done before, creating a new chapter in the histories of science and American politics
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