Description:The field of biotechnology has evolved over the past four decades, developing medicines that are curing diseases. But this journey of success has been an arduous one, built upon the shoulders of major failures.Good Genes Gone Bad highlights seven such colossal failures in drug development-all of which culminated in the development of novel drugs-weaving together various analogies through the stories and allowing the reader to understand complex biological phenomena These stories include the treatment of medical conditions, such as genetic clotting disorder (haemophilia), childhood diarrhoea (rotavirus vaccine), preventing HIV infection, activation of the immune system to treat cancer, gene therapy for treating diseases caused by genetic defects/mutations, cell therapy for the treatment of leukaemia, and, finally, the success of Biocon's approval of the first biologic drug for breast cancerWritten by the former R&D head of Biocon, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies, Good Genes Gone Bad is a fascinating look at the complex world of medicine and drug development, providing the reader with a sense of the magnitude of the challenges and the extent of difficulty that goes into the making of novel medicines.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Good Genes Gone Bad: A Short History of Vaccines and Biologics: Failures, Successes, Controversies. To get started finding Good Genes Gone Bad: A Short History of Vaccines and Biologics: Failures, Successes, Controversies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Ebury press, an imprint of Penguin Random House India
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2021
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Good Genes Gone Bad: A Short History of Vaccines and Biologics: Failures, Successes, Controversies
Description: The field of biotechnology has evolved over the past four decades, developing medicines that are curing diseases. But this journey of success has been an arduous one, built upon the shoulders of major failures.Good Genes Gone Bad highlights seven such colossal failures in drug development-all of which culminated in the development of novel drugs-weaving together various analogies through the stories and allowing the reader to understand complex biological phenomena These stories include the treatment of medical conditions, such as genetic clotting disorder (haemophilia), childhood diarrhoea (rotavirus vaccine), preventing HIV infection, activation of the immune system to treat cancer, gene therapy for treating diseases caused by genetic defects/mutations, cell therapy for the treatment of leukaemia, and, finally, the success of Biocon's approval of the first biologic drug for breast cancerWritten by the former R&D head of Biocon, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies, Good Genes Gone Bad is a fascinating look at the complex world of medicine and drug development, providing the reader with a sense of the magnitude of the challenges and the extent of difficulty that goes into the making of novel medicines.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Good Genes Gone Bad: A Short History of Vaccines and Biologics: Failures, Successes, Controversies. To get started finding Good Genes Gone Bad: A Short History of Vaccines and Biologics: Failures, Successes, Controversies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ebury press, an imprint of Penguin Random House India