The publication ot the discovery of interferon by Issaacs and Lindenmann in 1957 was not only a milestone in the fields of virology, immunology and infectious diseases but also provided the seed for the growth of the biotechnology industry 20 years later. As of today the interferons belong to a small group of bestselling drugs of all times

Inhalt
1 Is There Life Without Interferon?.- 2 What Constitutes Therapeutic Success? The Interferons (19781998).- 3 The Prehistory and History of the Uses of Interleukin-2 in Cancer Therapy.- 4 Interferon-?: From Pass Interference to Cytokine Networking.- 5 A Biosemiotic View of Interferon: Toward a Biology of Really Living Organisms.- 6 The Clinical and Social Impact of Beta Interferon: the First Approved Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis.- 7 Closing Discussion.- Previous Volumes Published in this Series.