Antimicrobial drugs Chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph

This book documents the progress made from the first tentative search for an elusive 'chemotherapy' of infection in the early days of the twentieth century, to the development of effective antiviral agents for the management of HIV as the millennium drew to a close. It also offers a celebr...

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Huvudupphovsman: Greenwood, David
Övriga upphovsmän: David Greenwood
Språk:Undetermined
English
Publicerad: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2008
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Sammanfattning:This book documents the progress made from the first tentative search for an elusive 'chemotherapy' of infection in the early days of the twentieth century, to the development of effective antiviral agents for the management of HIV as the millennium drew to a close. It also offers a celebration of the individuals and groups that made this miracle happen, as well as examining the inexorable rise of the global pharmaceutical industry, and, most intriguingly, the essential input of luck
Fysisk beskrivning:xxix, 429 p.
ill.
26 cm
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199534845
9780199534845