Molecularizing Biology and Medicine

Molecularizing Biology and Medicine

Taylor & Francis

Molecularizing Biology and Medicine\nPlease note: \nthis item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).\n\nNew Practices and Alliances, 1920s to 1970s\nAuthor(s): Soraya de Chadarevian, Harmke Kamminga\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9789057022937, 978-9057022937\nSynopsis\nThe contributors present a coherent set of case studies of practices, technologies and strategies aimed at the isolation, investigation, manipulation, production, and uses of molecules including vitamins, hormones, blood products, antibiotics, and vaccines. These case studies examine how processes of molecularization were set in motion in the inter-war period, how they were used as a resource in the biomedical 'mobilization' of World War II, and how new alliances and strategies created as part of the war effort played a central role in the reorganisation of biomedicine in the post-wa.

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