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Did America try to steal Soviet cancer secrets? And how could a cancer cure turn into a biological atom bomb? This tale of scientific discovery and politics investigates the ideological wrangling and conflicts within the Cold War search for a cure for cancer.

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"A fascinating and seductively accessible account of medical science in Stalin's Russia, of the quest for a cure for cancer in the context of Cold War ideology, bureaucratic infighting, and disciplinary rivalries." - Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 April 2002
      ISBN-13 9780226452845
      978-0226452845
      ISBN-10 0226452840
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      History of medicine Oncology Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Did America try to steal Soviet cancer secrets? And how could a cancer cure turn into a biological atom bomb? This tale of scientific discovery and politics investigates the ideological wrangling and conflicts within the Cold War search for a cure for cancer.

      Trade Review
      "A fascinating and seductively accessible account of medical science in Stalin's Russia, of the quest for a cure for cancer in the context of Cold War ideology, bureaucratic infighting, and disciplinary rivalries." - Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University

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