Irwin W Sherman: 3 books

Book cover of Malaria Vaccines

Malaria Vaccines

The Continuing Quest

by Irwin W Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016

In 2013, 200 million people were infected with malaria, resulting in over 584,000 deaths, with the potential to affect over half the world's population. Such is the widespread nature of malaria that it is increasingly believed only a vaccine will lead to its eradication. Although the first...
Book cover of Drugs That Changed the World

Drugs That Changed the World

How Therapeutic Agents Shaped Our Lives

by Irwin W. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

Drugs are used in the diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, prevention or cure of disease. This is a book about drugs, how they came to be, and how they exert their ‘magic’. Today we have drugs to protect against infectious diseases, to alleviate aches and pains, to allow new organs to replace the...
Book cover of The Malaria Genome Projects

The Malaria Genome Projects

Promise, Progress, and Prospects

by Irwin W Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012

The year 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and that of its mosquito vector Anopheles. The genome sequences were a result of the Plasmodium falciparum Genome Project. This book covers in detail the...
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