Article ID: CBB001421641

Following Cancer Viruses through the Laboratory, Clinic, and Society (2014)

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Scheffler, Robin Wolfe (Author)


Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 48
Pages: 185-188


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Introduction to a special section, “100 Years of Cancer and Viruses”
Language: English

These essays in this special issue follow cancer viruses as a means of better understanding the history of biomedicine. Spanning the worlds of chronic and infectious disease research, the history of cancer viruses touches upon an enormous diversity of settings and scientific disciplines. Cancer viruses appeared during the twentieth century as vaccine targets, vaccine contaminants, laboratory anomalies, and tools for molecular biology. Rather than picking one discipline or setting to privilege above others, this issue suggests what can be learned, not only about cancer viruses but also about the character of modern biomedicine, from following these viruses through their different historical trajectories.

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Article Morgan, Gregory J. (2014) Ludwik Gross, Sarah Stewart, and the 1950s Discoveries of Gross Murine Leukemia Virus and Polyoma Virus. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 200-209). unapi

Article Scheffler, Robin Wolfe (2014) Managing the Future: The Special Virus Leukemia Program and the Acceleration of Biomedical Research. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 231-249). unapi

Article Clarke, Brendan (2014) Mapping the Methodologies of Burkitt Lymphoma. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 210-217). unapi

Article Stark, Laura; Campbell, Nancy D. (2014) Stowaways in the History of Science: The Case of Simian Virus 40 and Clinical Research on Federal Prisoners at the US National Institutes of Health, 1960. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 218-230). unapi

Article Sankaran, Neeraja (2014) When Viruses Were Not in Style: Parallels in the Histories of Chicken Sarcoma Viruses and Bacteriophages. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 189-199). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Scheffler, Robin Wolfe
Morgan, Gregory J.
Eliana Piantanida
McVety, Amanda Kay
Fantuzzi, Giamila
Beza Merid
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Cancer; tumors
Virology
Oncology
Medicine
Biomedicine
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Americas
Europe
Soviet Union
Africa
Institutions
Cutter Laboratories
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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