Vaccine race, the: how scientists used human cells to combat killer viruses
Auteur :
Wadman, Meredith
Éditeur :
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN :
9781784160135
Date de publication :
8 févr. 2018
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,8 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated foetuses. The is story of a major breakthrough in cell biology.