Cured : how the Berlin patients defeated HIV and forever changed medical science / Nathalia Holt.
Cured : how the Berlin patients defeated HIV and forever changed medical science / Nathalia Holt.
Cured : how the Berlin patients defeated HIV and forever changed medical science / Nathalia Holt.
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New York, New York : Dutton, [2014]
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G 2014/3216
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 313 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
A doctor, two patients, and some tests. The good doctor in denial ; A visit with the family doctor ; Death sentence? -- The disease, a drug, and its industry. Viral Trojan horse ; A weapon from the war on cancer ; The days of acting up ; Recognizing a global pandemic ; From the one percent ; But, Do...
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New York, New York : Dutton, [2014]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
A young molecular biologist at the forefront of HIV research, Nathalia Holt tells the historic, multilayered, and compassionate story of two patients--each known in medical literature as the Berlin Patient--and their young research-minded doctors. The backdrop is nothing less than a revolution in cultural attitudes and medical thinking. These two p...
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Cured : how the Berlin patients defeated HIV and forever changed medical science / Nathalia Holt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.
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G 2014/3216
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74VKv8wlWWgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv8wlWWgg
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ISBN
0525953922 (hbk.)
9780525953920 (hbk.)
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614.5993920943
616.9792060724
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991021631999702626
