Listen to the Music: The Life of Hilary Koprowski

Listen to the Music: The Life of Hilary Koprowski
ISBN-10
1461212928
ISBN-13
9781461212928
Series
Listen to the Music
Category
Medical
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Roger Vaughan

Description

Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the pioneer of live polio vaccine, the first researcher to advance the diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies, and the developer of the "gold standard" rabies vaccine. A world-reknowned maverick in biomedical research, Koprowski's research methods were often considered controversial and even radical. Nonetheless, he acquired key positions in many research organizations, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Lederle Labs, and Wistar Institute, initiating landmark studies from cancer research to multiple sclerosis. One of his crowning achievements, the successful crusade for monoclonal antibodies, resulted in his founding of Centocor, a forerunner in the corporate world of biomedicine. This account of Koprowski's life history is a mixture of personal interviews, anecdotes, and legends of the art and science behind the man.

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