Matters of Life and Death: Perspectives on Public Health, Molecular Biology, Cancer, and the Prospects for the Human Race - Hardcover

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John Cairns, M.D., is recently retired from the Harvard School of Public Health. Before that appointment, he held posts as Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and then as Director of one of the laboratories run by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. He is the author of Cancer: Science and Society.

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"During his long scientific career, John Cairns has worked at the highest levels in molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health. He uses this rich experience to bring us a series of historical essays on life that display unusual vision and clarity of thought."--Karl Drlica, The Public Health Research Institute/New York University, and author ofThe Double-Edged Sword: The Promises and Risks of the Genetic Revolution

"Graceful essays from the pen of a keen observer who is blessed with a wide-ranging intellect and a familiarity with molecular biology, human origins, epidemiology, and the origins of human cancer."--Robert A. Weinberg, author ofRacing to the Beginning of the Road

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"During his long scientific career, John Cairns has worked at the highest levels in molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health. He uses this rich experience to bring us a series of historical essays on life that display unusual vision and clarity of thought."--Karl Drlica, The Public Health Research Institute/New York University, and author of The Double-Edged Sword: The Promises and Risks of the Genetic Revolution

"Graceful essays from the pen of a keen observer who is blessed with a wide-ranging intellect and a familiarity with molecular biology, human origins, epidemiology, and the origins of human cancer."--Robert A. Weinberg, author of Racing to the Beginning of the Road