My Life with Viruses

A researcher’s history of the fascinating world of pathogens

by Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker in association with Jeanne Rubner

Description

In times of the coronavirus pandemic many people have certainly condemned them, but Professor Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker has dedicated his life to researching them and is intrigued by viruses – even if sometimes he is keenly aware of their fatal effects. To mark his 80th birthday the biochemist describes the co-evolution and co-existence as well as the eternal ‘battle’ between humans and viruses. Winnacker takes up the cause of these ‘biological elements between animate and inanimate nature’ because they play an important role in fundamental research and genetic technology, and without them human beings would not be what they are.

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Author Biography

Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker is Professor of Biochemistry and as Director of the Gene Centre at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich he was involved in many fundamental discoveries of genetic research.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher S. Hirzel Verlag
  • Publication Date July 2021
  • Orginal LanguageGerman
  • ISBN/Identifier 9783777630236
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 25 EUR
  • Pages192
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleMein Leben mit Viren. Eine Forschergeschichte über die faszinierende Welt der Krankheitsereger
  • Copyright Year2021

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