Judah Folkman's Contribution to the Inhibition of Angiogenesis
β Scribed by Bielenberg, Diane R.; D'Amore, Patricia A.
- Book ID
- 121359813
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1539-6851
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The story of an observation of twenty-eight-year-old Dr. Judah Folkman that has since developed "into a multibillion-dollar industry that is now racing through human trials with drugs that show unparalleled promise of being able to control cancer, as well as other deadly diseases."--Jacket
Despite its overly dramatic title, this book is a generally sober, clear, and cleanly written narrative account of Dr. Folkman's career-long work to establish angiogenesis as a central concept in oncology. The book illustrates a remarkable problem in science. If an individual conceives of a radical