A Plague on All Our Houses: Medical Intrigue, Hollywood, and the Discovery of AIDS

by Bruce J. Hillman and Bruce J Hillman

Book Overview

A frightening new plague. A medical mystery. A pioneering immunologist. In A Plague on All Our Houses, Dr. Bruce J. Hillman dissects the war of egos, money, academic power, and Hollywood clout that advanced AIDS research even as it compromised the career of the scientist who discovered the disease. At the beginning of the worldwide epidemic soon to be known as AIDS, Dr. Michael Gottlieb was a young immunologist new to the faculty of UCLA Medical Center...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611688752
• ISBN13: 9781611688757
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Foreedge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"