Virus Hunting: Aids, Cancer, And The Human Retrovirus: A Story Of Scientific Discovery

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Virus Hunting: Aids, Cancer, And The Human Retrovirus: A Story Of Scientific Discovery
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Gallo
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 153
Category/GenreGeneral
ISBN/Barcode 9780465098156
ClassificationsDewey:616.0194
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Basic Books
Imprint Basic Books
Publication Date 18 August 1993
Publication Country United States

Description

The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery..

Author Biography

Robert Gallo is chief of the labouratory of Tumor Cell Biology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and a two-time winner of the coveted Albert Lasker prize, the highest honour in U.S. biomedical research. Dr. Gallo was, as reported in Science, the most-cited author of scientific literature in the world during the 1980s.