Growing Pathogens in Tissue Cultures: Fifty Years in Academic Tropical Medicine, Pediatrics, and Virology

Weller, Thomas H.; Komaroff, Anthony L. (ed.); Barlow, Ellen (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0881353809 / ISBN 13: 9780881353808

Published by Science History Publications, Canton, MA, 2004

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Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Light wear to jacket at rear upper edge. No other notable flaws. AD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing Pathogens in Tissue Cultures: Fifty Years in Academic Tropical Medicine, Pediatrics, and Virology
• Publisher: Science History Publications, Canton, MA
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881353809
• ISBN 13: 9780881353808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution

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Synopsis

This is the autobiography of Thomas H. Weller, M. D., a research scientist who helped develop the technique of growing viruses in tissue culture, and who became a world leader in the study of tropical diseases.

The development of tissue culture techniques transformed the field of virology. It led to the identification of many new infectious agents...several of which were discovered by Weller...and led to the development of many viral vaccines, starting with the Salk and Sabin vaccines.

In 1954, Weller shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology with Drs. John Enders and Frederick Robbins.