Matters of Life and Death: Perspectives on Public Health, Molecular Biology, Cancer, and the Prospects for the Human Race

Matters of Life and Death: Perspectives on Public Health, Molecular Biology, Cancer, and the Prospects for the Human Race
ISBN-10
0691002509
ISBN-13
9780691002507
Series
Matters of Life and Death
Category
Law
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
1998-09-13
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
John Cairns

Description

The last 200 years have altered our life expectations beyond all recognition. But the resulting population explosion threatens what we have gained in scientific progress. In understandable lay terms, Dr. John Cairnsrecently retired from the Harvard School of Public Healthexplains what is known about cancer, molecular biology, and virology, and how new breakthroughs in these areas are likely to affect future generations. Illustrated.

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