2009 FRAZER, Ian Hector (1953 – ); ZHOU, Jian (1957 – 1999)
Papillomavirus vaccines. US Patent US7476389B1.
Frazer and Zhou invented and patented the first Papillomavirus vaccine. In 2020 it was marketed as Gardasil and Cervarix. Developed beginning in 1991, about 20 years after Blumberg and Millman's vaccine against viral …
GMN 12665 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14909
2010 KAYE, David H.
The double helix and the law of evidence.
"... Kaye weaves together molecular biology, population genetics, the legal rules of evidence, and theories of statistical reasoning as he describes the struggles between prosecutors and defense counsel over the admis…
GMN 13735 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16019
2011 YARNELL, John L.
Barbed wire disease: British & German prisoners of war, 1914-19.
"By the time of the Armistice in 1918, around 6.5 million prisoners of war were held by the belligerents. Little has been written about these prisoners, possibly because the story is not one of unmitigated suffering a…
GMN 13906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16198
2013 MOHR, James C.
Licensed to practice: The Supreme Court defines the American medical profession.
History of the 1889 Supreme Court case that legalized the licensing of physicians in the U.S. and the impact of that decision on the subsequent development of this nation's unique medical system.
GMN 8001 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10177
2014 TURNER, Wendy J.; BUTLER, Sara M.
Medicine and the law in the Middle Ages. Edited by Wendy J. Turner and Sara M. Butler.
"... a dozen authors address this intersection within three themes: medical matters in law and administration of law, professionalization and regulation of medicine, and medicine and law in hagiography. The articles i…
GMN 9108 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11287
2014 GABRIEL, Joseph M.
Medical monopoly: Intellectual property rights and the origins of the modern pharmaceutical industry.
GMN 11612 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13812
2015 JACKSON, Myles W. (1964 – )
The genealogy of a gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and race.
"Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied “genealogy” of CCR5—intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Sma…
GMN 11368 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13567
2017 BERER, Marge
Abortion law and policy around the world: In search of decriminalization.
Digital edition available from cdn1.sph.harvard.edu at this link.
GMN 12467 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14700
2018 WOLF, Jacqueline H.
Cesarean section: An American history of risk, technology, and consequence.
A study of the sharp increase in cesarean births (up to 25%) in the U.S. during the 2nd half of the 20th century, as a result of technologization of medicine and, consequently, obstreticians' weakened skills, the malp…
GMN 10622 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12815
2020 ZIEGLER, Mary
Abortion in America and the law in America: Roe v. Wade to the present.
GMN 13537 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15814
2020 BERG, Thomas C.; CHOLIJ, Roman (1956 – ); RAVENSCROFT, Simon
Patents on life: Religious, moral, and social justice aspects of biotechnology and intellectual property. Edited by Thomas C. Berg, Roman Cholij, and Simon Ravenscroft.
GMN 14043 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16351
