About this title: About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. It has killed more people than AIDS and also causes millions of cases of liver cancer. The discovery of this deadly virus and the vaccine against it - a vaccine that is sharply decreasing the infection rate worldwide and is probably the first effective cancer vaccine - was one of the great triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. And it almost didn't happen. With wit and insight, this scientific memoir and story of discovery describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691006925ISBN:069100692X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2003-10-27
ISBN-13:9780691116235ISBN:0691116237
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Edition: Second Paperback Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691006925ISBN:069100692X
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. It has killed more people than AIDS and causes millions of cases of liver cancer. With wit and insight, Baruch Blumberg tells the story of how he and a team of researchers found this deadly virus and the vacine against it.....Those events, combined with the investigators' determined persistence, resulted in studies that generated a pharmaceutical industry, have far-flung public-health applications, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691006925ISBN:069100692X
Description: New. 069100692X Brand NEW Hardcover with beautiful Dust Jacket, ~ We would ship within 24 Hours, reply to customer emails ASAP, accept returns and offer 100% satisfaction guarantee! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691006925ISBN:069100692X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691116235ISBN:0691116237
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780691116235ISBN:0691116237
Description: New. "Hepatitis B" is one of the world's most common viruses--and one of the top ten killers. Unlike much else in our often gloom-filled world, it looks likely that HBV will be effectively controlled, and possibly eradicated, within the next decade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691116235ISBN:0691116237
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