International Symposium: Retroviruses and Human Pathology
Gallo, Robert C.; Stehelin, Dominique; Varnier, Oliviero E.
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Paperback. Series: Experimental Biology and Medicine. Num Pages: 581 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 845.
For decades retroviruses have been riding the crest of a wave of experimental research directed toward the identification of an infectious agent of human neoplastic diseases. In the early 1970s, several scientists successfully demonstrated the presence of retroviruses in numerous animal species and proved their etiological role in some related diseases. Corresponding findings in humans were somewhat discouraging. Although financial support for this line· of research declined, a few dedicated retrovirologists survived and continued to collect more biological information and technological expertise that opened a new approach to the search for a human retrovirus. The rewards came with the discovery ... Read more
For decades retroviruses have been riding the crest of a wave of experimental research directed toward the identification of an infectious agent of human neoplastic diseases. In the early 1970s, several scientists successfully demonstrated the presence of retroviruses in numerous animal species and proved their etiological role in some related diseases. Corresponding findings in humans were somewhat discouraging. Although financial support for this line· of research declined, a few dedicated retrovirologists survived and continued to collect more biological information and technological expertise that opened a new approach to the search for a human retrovirus. The rewards came with the discovery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
581
Condition
New
Series
Experimental Biology and Medicine
Number of Pages
557
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781461293965
SKU
V9781461293965
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