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Hot Spot: How Seattle became the place for infectious diseases research

By Mary Engel

Book information

Publisher
Mary Engel
Year
2022
ISBN
9798218027483, 9798218002770
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (7939843 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-02 22:24:04
BIO017000HistoryMED022090medicalNonfictionSCI034000Science

Description

How did Seattle become home to some of the world's most influential infectious-diseases researchers? Hot Spot tells the story of young physician-scientists drawn to the "off you go" spirit of the Pacific Northwest. A University of Washington researcher discovered scores of new sexually transmitted pathogens and created a widely copied "Seattle model" to treat and prevent them. Another led clinical trials for the world's first antiviral therapy. Others found ways to protect immune-weakened patients from deadly infections after a bone marrow transplant. Such innovations put Seattle at the forefront of both the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the new field of global health. When COVID-19 emerged, Seattle was ready.

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