Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines /

Offit, Paul A.,

Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines / Vaccinated : from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines Paul Offit, M.D. - First Harper Perennial edition. - xxv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

"With a new foreword by the author"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (207-241) and index.

The time capsule -- "My God: this is the pandemic. It's here!" -- Jeryl Lynn -- Eight doors -- The destroying angel -- Coughs, colds, cancers, and chickens -- The monster maker -- Political science -- Blood -- Animalcules -- An uncertain future -- Unrecognized genius.

A biography of the late immunologist follows his tireless quest to eradicate disease, discussing the history of the field of immunology, current controversy about the link between vaccines and autism, and Hilleman's success in developing the first mumps vaccine.

9780063157613 0063157616


Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-2005.


Immunologists--United States--Biography.
Vaccines--Research--History.--United States
Virology--Research--History.--United States


Biographies.

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