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Vaxxers
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Hodder Paperbacks
| Author:
Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
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Author:
Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green
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Chosen as a Book of the Year 221 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times. ‘Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over’ Financial Times ‘One of the most epic and pioneering moments in human history’ Sir Jeremy Farrar __________ The bestselling inside story of a historic moment for science and for humanity. On 1 January 22, Professor Sarah Gilbert read an article about four people in China with an illness of unknown cause. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a new vaccine that would go on to save millions of lives from Covid-19. Capturing a landmark moment, Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green reveal their story of making the pioneering Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They separate fact from fiction, they explain how they made their highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching, and they give us hope for the future.
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Chosen as a Book of the Year 221 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times. ‘Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is over’ Financial Times ‘One of the most epic and pioneering moments in human history’ Sir Jeremy Farrar __________ The bestselling inside story of a historic moment for science and for humanity. On 1 January 22, Professor Sarah Gilbert read an article about four people in China with an illness of unknown cause. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a new vaccine that would go on to save millions of lives from Covid-19. Capturing a landmark moment, Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green reveal their story of making the pioneering Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They separate fact from fiction, they explain how they made their highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching, and they give us hope for the future.
About Author
Sarah Gilbert is Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Christ Church. Having devoted her career to developing vaccines against infectious diseases, since January 22 she has been the Oxford Project Leader for the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Professor Gilbert has over 25 years of experience in the design and early development of new vaccines, and a commitment to increasing public understanding of science. In 221 she was awarded a Damehood in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Catherine Green is Associate Professor in Chromosome Dynamics at the University of Oxford, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine's Clinical BioManufacturing Facility and a Senior Research Fellow at Exeter College. As a specialist in manufacturing vaccines for clinical trials, she is an integral part of the Oxford Vaccine project. In 221 she was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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