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Varmus, Harold.

The art and politics of science / Harold Varmus. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2009. - xii, 315 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-290) and index.

Origins and beginnings -- From literature to medicine to science -- The first taste of scientific success -- Retroviruses and their replication cycle -- The RSV oncogene and its progenitor -- How proto-oncogenes participate in cancer -- Targeted therapies for human cancers -- Partnerships in science -- The road to Building One -- Being NIH director -- Priority setting -- Bad times and good times as NIH director -- Embryos, cloning, stem cells, and the promise of reprogramming -- Global science and global health -- Science publishing and science libraries in the Internet age.

ISBN: 9780393061284

LCCN: 2008042963

Subjects--Personal Names:
Varmus, Harold.
Varmus, Harold.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical scientists--United States--Biography
Nobel Prize winners--United States--Biography
Science--United States--Personal Narratives.
Health Policy--United States--Personal Narratives.
Neoplasms--therapy--United States--Personal Narratives.

LC Class. No.: R154.V47 / .A3 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 610.92 VAR

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WZ 100 / V316a 2009