Taming Cancer: 21st Century Biology and the Future of Cancer Medicine - 8806

LEARN ALL ABOUT THE WONDROUS IMMUNOTHERAPIES THAT ARE CHANGING HOW WE TREAT CANCER- AND GET A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING NEXT! READ THE WINNER OF FIVE BOOK AWARDS! “A marvelous book that’s packed with knowledge, insight, and hope…” -Kirkus Reviews “Kelner's writing shines in its ability to distill complex scientific concepts into accessible language…” Reedsy Discovery Conquering cancer seems like a task of mythical proportions, but in Taming Cancer, Dr. Drew N. Kelner, Ph.D., a Duke-trained biochemist and immunologist with 37 years of experience developing innovative cancer therapies, enthusiastically illuminates in layperson’s terms the discoveries in biology and medicine during the past two centuries that have enabled the astonishing new immunotherapies and other precision-targeted medicines—“living drugs” comprised of antibodies, engineered viruses, and genetically modified immune cells—that are improving patient outcomes by stimulating the power of human immunity to seek out and destroy cancer cells. Dr. Kelner’s book presents a vision of a future (perhaps by mid-century) when a diagnosis of metastatic cancer is no longer by default a harbinger of impending suffering and death, a time when cancer can be managed as a chronic disease like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis. For the most responsive patients, the eradication of cancer cells from the patient will become a more commonplace event for larger numbers of cancer sufferers. Expertly written in accessible language for readers interested in developing a conceptual understanding of cancer and what can be done to confront it, the book also provides extensive scientific commentary in the endnotes for biology students, medical and graduate students, physicians, scientists, nurses, allied health care professionals, and anyone else interested in learning more about the mysterious realm of the human cancer cell.
ASIN: B0D36C96DC
VSKU: PKV.B0D36C96DC.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Kelner Ph.D., Dr. Drew N.
Binding: Paperback