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Science as autobiography : the troubled life of Niels Jerne
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ISBN: 1281721999 9786611721992 0300128711 9780300128710 9780300094411 0300094418 9781281721990 Year: 2003 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne (1911-1994). Jerne's Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great twentieth-century biomedical theorists, yet his life is perhaps even more interesting than his science. Science as Autobiography tells Jerne's story, weaving together a narrative of his life experiences, emotional life, and extraordinarily creative scientific work.A legendary figure who preferred an afternoon of conversation in a Paris wine bar to work in the laboratory, Jerne was renowned for his unparalleled powers of concentration and analytical keenness as well as his dissonant personal life. The book explores Jerne the man and scientist, making the fascinating argument that his life experience and view of himself became a metaphorical resource for the construction of his theories. The book also probes the moral issues that surrounded Jerne's choice to sacrifice his family in favor of scientific goals and the pursuit of excellence.

Memoir of a thinking radish : an autobiography.
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ISBN: 0192177370 Year: 1986 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

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The story of interferon : the ups and downs in the life of a scientist
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ISBN: 9812817018 9789812817013 9810231482 9789810231484 Year: 1998 Publisher: Singapore ; New York : World Scientific,

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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 labor


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John P. McGovern, MD : A Lifetime of Stories
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ISBN: 1623491649 9781623491642 1623491223 9781623491222 9781623491222 Year: 2014 Publisher: College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press,

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John P. McGovern held seventeen professorships, received twenty-nine honorary doctorates, and established the nation's largest privately owned allergy and immunology clinic. He authored 252 professional publications including twenty-six books in the medical sciences and humanities, and served as president or chief elected officer of fifteen professional societies in medicine. In addition, the McGovern Foundation has given millions of dollars to various local and national health charities, and many Houston landmarks bear the McGovern name, including the McGovern Lake and McGovern Children'

Paul Ehrlich's receptor immunology : the magnificent obsession
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ISBN: 1281057088 9786611057084 0080538517 0126437653 9780126437652 9781435601116 1435601114 9780080538518 Year: 2002 Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press,

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This book describes the background to Paul Ehrlich's immunological works and theories and delves into the substance of his experiments in great detail. By exploring these early developments in immunology, the book lays the foundation for modern concepts, providing immunologists, biomedical researchers, and students the context for the discoveries in their field.the selectionist theory of antibody formationkinetics of primary and secondary antibody responsequantitative methods of measurement of antigens and antibodydemonstration of passive transfer of immunity from mother to

Kohler's invention
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ISBN: 1280413654 9786610413652 3764374136 3764371730 Year: 2005 Publisher: Boston, MA : Birkhauser,

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Georges Köhler (1946-1995) was one of the most prominent German scientists of recent history. In 1984, at an age of 38, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with N.K. Jerne and C. Milstein, for inventing the technique for generating monoclonal antibodies. This method and its subsequent applications had an enormous impact on basic research, medicine and the biotech industry. In the same year, Köhler became one of the directors of the Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology in Freiburg; his unfortunate premature death in 1995 set an end to his extraordinary career. Prof. Klaus Eichmann, who had joined the institute as director in 1981, and had invited Köhler to become his codirector, is one of the people who were closest to Georges Köhler. This scientific biography commemorates the 10th anniversary of Köhler's untimely death. It describes his scientific and personal biography, based on 10 years of close personal and professional relationship between Eichmann and Köhler, as well as interviews with many colleagues and friends, including his "Doktorvater" and mentor Fritz Melchers. Köhler's scientific achievements are explained in a way to make them understandable for the general public and discussed in the historical context of the immunological research at the time.

Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology : from metaphor to theory
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ISBN: 1280524995 9786610524990 142373470X 019534510X 1602566070 9781423734703 9780195345100 9780195064476 019506447X 019506447X 0197701590 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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A critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. It explores Metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it prepared him to propose his theory of host-pathogen interaction.

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