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Did you ever wonder whether doctors want cures, or just
treatments?Did you know ... This book reviews recent key, hard-won
successes and findings from recent biomedical research. Written by
one of the most ardent defenders of the public trust in science, it
provides an accessible, detailed look at successes in translational
biomedical and clinical research. The author provides an
optimistic, forward-looking view for the possibility of change for
the public good, cutting through the controversy and gets to very
core of each topic. The public can be optimistic about the future
of medicine, but only if they learn the facts of these advances,
and learn what their doctors should be expected to know.Highly
referenced, and filled with interviews from experts and people
directly involved in the research behind the new facts in each
chapter, this book is a rich source of information on advances in
biomedicine that you will want to share with your family &
friends.
Did you ever wonder whether doctors want cures, or just
treatments?Did you know ... This book reviews recent key, hard-won
successes and findings from recent biomedical research. Written by
one of the most ardent defenders of the public trust in science, it
provides an accessible, detailed look at successes in translational
biomedical and clinical research. The author provides an
optimistic, forward-looking view for the possibility of change for
the public good, cutting through the controversy and gets to very
core of each topic. The public can be optimistic about the future
of medicine, but only if they learn the facts of these advances,
and learn what their doctors should be expected to know.Highly
referenced, and filled with interviews from experts and people
directly involved in the research behind the new facts in each
chapter, this book is a rich source of information on advances in
biomedicine that you will want to share with your family &
friends.
Selected as CHOICE magazine's Outstanding Academic Title, January
2017.The book is a narrative of the unfolding of the Ebola virus
disease outbreak from a scientific view point. The author provides
an analysis of the scientific basis of public health policies that
have influenced the public's, and the medical community's,
abilities to understand the virus and the disease. This is done in
the context of providing insights into the biology of the virus,
and exploring open questions, including its likely modes of
transmission. The author has included citations from the scientific
literature and the press, as well as quotes from expert interviews.
The book will help sort out the fact from fiction, given the
confusion that arose after the virus arrived in the US. The author
used his objective research skills and knowledge of evolutionary
genetics and molecular biology to find out what was known, and what
questions remained unanswered, and even what questions remained
unasked.Written in an accessible style, it is intended for the
educated general public, scientists, policy makers, health care
workers, and politicians. It delves into the problems of trying to
derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging
disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted research
institutions, and when public health institutions really were
woefully unprepared. It is a highly distinct narrative analysis
that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public
policy. It will inform thousands of people of the nature of the
virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to
understand. It will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story
of Ebola.
Selected as CHOICE magazine's Outstanding Academic Title, January
2017.The book is a narrative of the unfolding of the Ebola virus
disease outbreak from a scientific view point. The author provides
an analysis of the scientific basis of public health policies that
have influenced the public's, and the medical community's,
abilities to understand the virus and the disease. This is done in
the context of providing insights into the biology of the virus,
and exploring open questions, including its likely modes of
transmission. The author has included citations from the scientific
literature and the press, as well as quotes from expert interviews.
The book will help sort out the fact from fiction, given the
confusion that arose after the virus arrived in the US. The author
used his objective research skills and knowledge of evolutionary
genetics and molecular biology to find out what was known, and what
questions remained unanswered, and even what questions remained
unasked.Written in an accessible style, it is intended for the
educated general public, scientists, policy makers, health care
workers, and politicians. It delves into the problems of trying to
derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging
disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted research
institutions, and when public health institutions really were
woefully unprepared. It is a highly distinct narrative analysis
that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public
policy. It will inform thousands of people of the nature of the
virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to
understand. It will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story
of Ebola.
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