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Title:
Living medicine : Don Thomas, marrow transplantation, and the cell therapy revolution
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic Press, [2023]
Physical Description:
viii, 305 pages : Illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9798887700151

9789798887703
Abstract:
Today's most groundbreaking experiments in medicine gene editing to correct inherited disorders, immunotherapies to cure cancer, molecularly engineered organs for human transplantation stem from the strides of one visionary Dr. E. Donnall Thomas. In the last half of the twentieth century, Thomas himself discovered a cure for every marrow-based disease, like leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia, forever changing treatment for some of the deadliest illnesses. His feats were extraordinary, earning him a Nobel Prize, and the cascade of treatments he inspired have reshaped and will continue to reshape the practice of clinical medicine. Yet no one has ever written Thomas's courageous story.
Contents:
Atomic bomb disease -- the shielded spleen -- Thomas's insight -- The origin of blood -- Blood brothers -- Spare parts -- First success -- The Seattle sound -- Compatibility: how to get along -- A defenseless army -- Curing leukemia -- It takes a village -- Transplant's inauguration -- The Hutchinsons -- Deeper versus broader -- The kindness of strangesrs -- Djonors for all -- The power of dose -- Thomas's hammer -- The cost of cure -- A living medicine -- The prize -- A final trial --- Thomas's legacy -- Next -- Epilogue.
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Language:
English
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