| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 149 pages) : illustrations |
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Part I Immunology and Pathology; 1 Foreword; 2 Paul Ehrlichs Doctoral Thesis: A Milestone in the Study of Mast Cells; 3 The Contribution of Gianni Bonadonna to the History of Chemotherapy; 4 Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and the Clonal Selection Theory of Antibody Formation; 5 The Contribution of Bruce Glick to the Definition of the Role Played by the Bursa of Fabricius in the Development of the B-Cell Lineage; 6 Millers Seminal Studies on the Role of Thymus in Immunity |
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7 The Fundamental Contribution of Robert A. Good to the Discovery of the Crucial Role of Thymus in Mammalian Immunity8 The Fundamental Contribution of Jan C. Waldenstrm to the Discovery and Study of the So-Called Waldenstrm Macroglobulinaemia; Part Ii Vascular Biology and Angiogenesis; 9 Foreword; 10 Giulio Bizzozero and the Discovery of Platelets; 11 A milestone in the Study of the Vascular System: Wilhelm Rouxs Doctoral Thesis on the Bifurcation of Blood Vessels; 12 Stephen Paget and the Seed and Soil Theory of Metastatic Dissemination |
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13 The Contribution of Roberto Montesano to the Study of Interactions Between Epithelial Sheetsand the Surrounding Extracellular Matrix14 The Seminal Work of Werner Risau in the Studyof the Development of the Vascular System; 15 Judah Folkman, A Pioneer in the Study of Angiogenesis; 16 The Contribution of Harold F. Dvorak to the Studyof Tumour Angiogenesis and Stroma Generation Mechanisms; 17 Napoleone Ferrara and the Saga of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor; 18 Pietro M. Gullino and Angiogenesis; References |
| Summary |
Drives us through scientific milestones in the history of medicine. This book highlights the contribution of pioneering scientists whose discoveries have paved the way to the researchers working in the fields of cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, pathology, and oncology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-149) |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
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Medicine -- History.
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Scientists -- History
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Science -- history
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History of Medicine
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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history of medicine.
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MEDICAL -- History.
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Medicine -- History.
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Scientists -- History.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Medicine
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Scientists
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048137411 |
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9048137411 |
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