Screen LibraryThe story of interferon : the ups and downs in the life of a scientist /
"The Finnish doctor Kari Cantell is one of the scientists to whom the development of the drugs called interferons can be attributed. Interferons have achieved an important place in the treatment of cancer, viral infections and multiple sclerosis. In the 1960s Cantell and his coworkers developed...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 1998. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3486#t=toc |
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"The Finnish doctor Kari Cantell is one of the scientists to whom the development of the drugs called interferons can be attributed. Interferons have achieved an important place in the treatment of cancer, viral infections and multiple sclerosis. In the 1960s Cantell and his coworkers developed a method for the preparation of interferon in white blood cells. During those years, most of the global production of interferon took place in Finland and the vast majority of the clinical studies in the world employed Finnish interferon.The memoirs of Cantell record interferon's long road from the la |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x,239pages) : ports |
| ISBN: | 9789812817013 |
| Index Number: | QR180 |
| CLC: | K835.316.15 |
| Contents: | The way through an impasse -- Chance -- Into the world of laboratory life -- I become involved with mumps virus -- Interferon comes on the scene -- My thesis and other matters! -- Should I become a scientist? -- To the New World -- An embarrassing episode -- The Henles' laboratory in Philadelphia -- My Jewish friend, Kurt -- Working with Kurt -- Great and small prophets -- Back home again -- Chick interferon -- Human interferon -- Tapani Vainio -- Hans and Gyurka -- How much interferon can be prepared in human white cells? -- Harri Nevanlinna -- The shadow of Maurice Hilleman -- The yardstic |