Listen to the Music

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Jumping the Gun

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 1-16

3. Farewell to Warsaw

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 17-40

4. Politics of Polio

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 41-78

5. My Zoo, My Garden

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 79-126

6. Cruising Speed

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 127-169

7. Making Magic

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 171-191

8. Horned Owl, Snapping Turtle

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 193-224

9. Listen to the Music

   • Roger Vaughan

   Pages 225-271

10. Afterword

    • Roger Vaughan

    Pages 273-281

11. Back Matter

    Pages 283-295

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Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the pioneer of live polio vaccine, the first researcher to advance the diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies, and the developer of the "gold standard" rabies vaccine. This biography chronicles his distinguished career and life's work in the field of microbiology. A world-reknowned maverick in biomedical research, Koprowski's research methods were often considered controversial and even radical. Nonetheless, he acquired key positions in many research organizations, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Lederle Labs, and Wistar Institute, initiating landmark studies from cancer research to multiple sclerosis. One of his crowning achievements, the successful crusade for monoclonal antibodies, resulted in his founding of Centocor, a forerunner in the corporate world of biomedicine. This account of Koprowski's life history is a mixture of personal interviews, anecdotes, and legends of the art and science behind the man.

• antibody
• cancer
• cancer research
• microbiology
• vaccine

• Oxford, USA

  Roger Vaughan

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