Product Description
by Charles Graeber (Author)
Why doesn't our immune system recognize and fight cancer like it does other illnesses, like the cold? The answer to this decades-old medical mystery has to do with the 'tricks' cancer uses to short-circuit defenses. The body's natural tricks that scientists have recently discovered and are now learning to combat. We are in the midst of a revolution in our understanding of cancer and how to finally beat it. Innovative, fascinating and told by experts, Immunotherapy and the race to Cure Cancer is the story of world-changing, Nobel Prize-winning scientific discoveries that unleash our natural ability to recognize and fight cancer, told through the experiences of front-line immunotherapy patients, clinicians and researchers. This is the incredible story of the race to find a cure, and the definitive account of a penicillin moment. A historical moment in medical science.
Author Biography
Charles Graeber is an editor, contributor to Wired, and publishes in The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Vogue, and many other magazines. He has received several awards and his work has been featured on NPR, CNN, the BBC, as well as other media outlets. Charles Graeber is the New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-nominated author of The Good Nurse. Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award for Best International Journalism, he has contributed to numerous publications, including Wired, GQ, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The New York Times. His work has been included in The Best American Science Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and other anthologies. Born in Iowa, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
