Molecularizing Biology and Medicine: New Practices and Alliances 1910s - 1970s
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An investigation of the rise of a molecular culture in biomedicine, Molecularising Biology and Medicine shows that biomedical practices and strategies centered on molecules were instrumental in the forging of new alliances between the biomedical laboratory, the clinic, industry, and funding organizations from the 1930s onwards.
The contributors present a coherent set of case studies of practices, technologies and strategies aimed at the isolation, investigation, manipulation, production, and uses of molecules including vitamins, hormones, blood products, antibiotics, and vaccines. These case studies examine how processes of molecularisation were set in motion in the interwar period, how they were used as a resource in the biomedical 'mobilisation' of World War II, and how new alliances and strategies created as part of the war effort played a central role in the reorganisation of biomedicine in the postwar period.
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Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Cambridge, UK. Chapters were first presented at a conference on 'Molecularizing Biology and Medicine', held in Cambridge, UK, in July 1994. Draws attention to the formation of particular strategic approaches in biology and medicine. For researchers and clinicians.
Molecularizing Biology and Medicine: New Practices and Alliances 1910s - 1970s,De Chadarevain,Soraya De Chadarevian,Harmke Kamminga,Taylor & Francis,9057022931,General,History,Life Sciences - Biochemistry,Medical,Science,Medicine,Molecular biology,Science / General
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