The art and politics of science / Harold Varmus.

Incluye bibliografía.

Origins and beginnings -- From literature to medicine to science -- The first taste of scientific success -- Retroviruses and their replication cycle -- The RSV oncogene and its progenitor -- How proto-oncogenes participate in cancer -- Targeted therapies for human cancers -- Partnerships in science -- The road to Building One -- Being NIH director -- Priority setting -- Bad times and good times as NIH director -- Embryos, cloning, stem cells, and the promise of reprogramming -- Global science and global health -- Science publishing and science libraries in the Internet age.

The nobel prize winning scientist and former director of the National Institue of Health recalls the events of his life and career in science, in an autobiography that also incorporates scientific information about cancer biology and issues in public health.