{"product_id":"ending-plague-francis-w-ruscetti-9781510764682","title":"Ending Plague: A Scholar's Obligation in an Age of Corruption","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An engrossing exposé of scientific practice in America.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the authors of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003ePlague of Corruption \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the prescription on how to end the plague infecting our medical community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnding Plague\u003c\/i\u003e continues the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling team of Dr. Judy A. Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively with legendary scientist, Dr. Francis W. Ruscetti joining the conversation. Dr. Ruscetti is credited as one of the founding fathers of human retrovirology. In 1980, Dr. Ruscetti's team isolated the first pathogenic human retrovirus, HTLV-1. Ruscetti would eventually go on to work for thirty-eight years at the National Cancer Institute. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr. Ruscetti was deeply involved in performing some of the most critical HIV-AIDS research in the 1980s, pioneered discoveries in understanding the workings of the human immune system in the 1990s, isolating a new family of mouse leukemia viruses linked to chronic diseases in 2009, and offers his insights into the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In 1991, Ruscetti received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Institutes of Health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr. Ruscetti offers a true insider's portrait of nearly four decades at the center of public health. His insights into the successes and failures of government science will be eye-opening to the general public. You will read never-before-revealed information about the personalities and arguments which have been kept from view behind the iron curtain of public health. Can we say our scientists are protecting us, or is another agenda at work? For most of his decades at the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Ruscetti has been in almost daily contact with his long-time collaborator, Dr. Mikovits, and their rich intellectual discussions will greatly add to our national discussion. Science involves a rigorous search for truth, and you will come to understand how science scholars are relentless in their quest for answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis W. Ruscetti, Judy Mikovits, Kent Heckenlively\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510764682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510764682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Francis W. Ruscetti","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054015934719,"sku":"9781510764682","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e50e249-8fb1-4f73-a494-7ed05ef1786d.jpg?v=1685027530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ending-plague-francis-w-ruscetti-9781510764682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}