{"product_id":"interferon-toine-pieters-9780415342469","title":"Interferon: The Science and Selling of a Miracle Drug","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative study charts the beginnings, history and fate of Interferon - one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs. Interferon is part of the medical profession's armoury against viral infection, cancer and MS. The story of its development and use is one of survival in the face of remarkable cycles of promise and disappointment as a miracle drug. By telling this story, Toine Pieters' book provides insight into the research, manufacture, and marketing of new bio-molecules that mark modern medical science.\u003cbr\u003e Pieters' closely argued book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach in seeking to trace the extraordinary voyage of interferon. Through the lens of interferon's voyage, the book explores the interaction of the broad range of actors driving medical science: \u003cbr\u003e *biological and clinical researchers\u003cbr\u003e *the pharmaceutical industry\u003cbr\u003e *high-powered government agencies \u003cbr\u003e *doctors and patients\u003cbr\u003e *the media.\u003cbr\u003e The book demonstrates how research on interferon led to new clinical definitions of cancer and a new rationale for therapeutic use of the drug. \u003cem\u003eInterferon\u003c\/em\u003e provides a marvellous insight into the development of one of the most controversial drugs of our time. It enhances our understanding of how medicine manufacture and marketing all played a part in pushing back the boundaries of research, from the post-penicillin era to the genetics revolution in medicine.\u003cbr\u003e This study is of particular interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in the fields of History of Medicine, Pharmacology, Medical Genetics and History of Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toine Pieters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415342465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415342469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.32w x 0.71d","brand":"Toine Pieters","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086590882047,"sku":"9780415342469","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fb3c89e-17cc-4f0c-ab95-25318e6f6525.jpg?v=1769095563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interferon-toine-pieters-9780415342469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}