Story Of Interferon, The: The Ups And Downs In The Life Of A Scientist
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Story Of Interferon, The: The Ups And Downs In The Life Of A Scientist

The Ups and Downs in the Life of a Scientist

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Story Of Interferon, The: The Ups And Downs In The Life Of A Scientist

The Ups and Downs in the Life of a Scientist

About this book

The Finnish doctor Kari Cantell is one of the scientists to whom the development of the drugs called interferons can be attributed. Interferons have achieved an important place in the treatment of cancer, viral infections and multiple sclerosis. In the 1960s Cantell and his coworkers developed a method for the preparation of interferon in white blood cells. During those years, most of the global production of interferon took place in Finland and the vast majority of the clinical studies in the world employed Finnish interferon.The memoirs of Cantell record interferon's long road from the laboratory to the pharmacy shelf. The journey took more than three decades and involved moments of triumph as well as desperation in the lives of many scientists.The book will give the reader a glimpse of the world of science; how research is carried out in the laboratory and the clinic; how the mind of the scientist operates and how he experiences success and failure; how warm friendships and bitter conflicts develop between investigators; how the involvement of money and politics harms as well as helps research.The Interferon Story is a richly rewarding book written for ordinary people without a basic knowledge of biology or medicine. It can be read as a thriller describing the struggle of scientists against the most feared diseases of mankind.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. 1 The Way Through An Impasse
  5. 2 Chance
  6. 3 Into The World Of Laboratory Life
  7. 4 I Become Involved With Mumps Virus
  8. 5 Interferon Comes On The Scene
  9. 6 My Thesis — And Other Matters!
  10. 7 Should I Become A Scientist?
  11. 8 To The New World
  12. 9 An Embarrassing Episode
  13. 10 The Henles' Laboratory In Philadelphia
  14. 11 My Jewish Friend, Kurt
  15. 12 Working With Kurt
  16. 13 Great And Small Prophets
  17. 14 Back Home Again
  18. 15 Chick Interferon
  19. 16 Human Interferon
  20. 17 Tapani Vainio
  21. 18 Hans And Gyurka
  22. 19 How Much Interferon Can Be Prepared In Human White Cells?
  23. 20 Harri Nevanlinna
  24. 21 The Shadow Of Maurice Hilleman
  25. 22 The Yardstick
  26. 23 Competitors
  27. 24 Against The Current
  28. 25 The Lesson From Animal Experiments
  29. 26 Eureka!
  30. 27 From The Laboratory To The Clinic
  31. 28 Double-Blind
  32. 29 Interest In Interferons Increases
  33. 30 Things Start To Move
  34. 31 Is It Difficult To Grind A Barrel Organ?
  35. 32 The Cubans
  36. 33 Why Is Interferon Not In Clinical Use Today?
  37. 34 Namalwa
  38. 35 A Phone Call From Zurich
  39. 36 I Miss A "Moment Of Decision"
  40. 37 The Value Of A Scientific Observation
  41. 38 New Information About Interferons
  42. 39 Mathilde, Once Again!
  43. 40 Interferon Becomes A Superstar
  44. 41 Who Will Get Interferon?
  45. 42 Interferon In The Eye
  46. 43 Interferon In The Nose
  47. 44 The Breakthrough
  48. 45 Finnferon-Alpha
  49. 46 Interferons As Drugs Today And Tomorrow