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9780393322255

Shots in the Dark The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393322255

  • ISBN10:

    0393322254

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-12-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

When scientists proved in 1984 that HIV causes AIDS, a vaccine race spun into action. But the sprint to develop an AIDS vaccine now more closely resembles a crawl. Jon Cohen elucidates the forces that have hindered the search: unforeseen scientific obstacles, clashing personalities, the uncertain marketplace, haphazard political organization, and serious ethical dilemmas. Beyond a powerful critique, Cohen also offers specific recommendations for accelerating the effort.

Author Biography

Jon Cohen is a journalist and covers science and medicine for Science magazine. He lives in California

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Prologue xv
Fast Predictions
3(13)
The Next Breakthrough
16(27)
Empiricists Versus Reductionists
43(21)
Moving into Humans
64(14)
Animal Illogic
78(24)
Market Forces
102(17)
Unwanted: Dead or Alive
119(20)
All MicroGeneSys's Men
139(36)
A Manhattan Project for AIDS
175(25)
The Dairymaids of AIDS
200(27)
Perpetual Uncertainty
227(31)
New World Order
258(37)
Running in Place
295(22)
Better Ways
317(16)
Disparate Measures
333(25)
Epilogue 358(3)
Postscript: Breaking the Silence 361(9)
Notes 370(49)
Glossary 419(9)
Acronyms 428(2)
Index 430

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