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Thorn in the Starfish
A01=Robert S. Desowitz
Author_Robert S. Desowitz
Category=MJCM
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Product details
- ISBN 9780393305562
- Weight: 305g
- Dimensions: 135 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 1989
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Dr. Desowitz describes the revolutionary discoveries made by Jenner, Pasteur, Metchnikoff, and Ehrlich and what we know about immunology today. His topics include the role of nutrition, the challenge of developing an AIDS vaccine, and the potential of genetic-engineering techniques.
Robert S. Desowitz (1926—2008) was a leading epidemiologist and the author of New Guinea Tape Worms and Jewish Grandmothers and The Malaria Capers, among other books.
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