A Contagious Cause: The Search for Cancer Viruses and the Growth of American Biomedicine

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Tuesday, Apr 24, 2018 6:00p -
7:00p

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Countway Library of Medicine
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115

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The Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, invites you to join us for the lecture A Contagious Cause: The Search for Cancer Viruses and the Growth of American Biomedicine with Robin Wolfe Scheffler, Leo Marx Career Development Professor in History and Culture of Science and Technology at the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT.


Throughout the twentieth century, few theories have caused more hope and frustration than the idea that cancer might be caused by a virus. This search for cancer viruses over successive generations of medical, scientific, and organizational advances serves as a lens through which we can understand the political ground upon which biology and medicine merged to form biomedicine in America and which enabled biologists to reimagine the nature of life in molecular terms.


The event will take place on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in the Minot Room, Countway Library, from 6:00-7:00. Registration is required.

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