From polio to cancer vaccines

In this interview, Dr. Robin Scheffler talks about the history of childhood cancer vaccine research. He explores the turn from polio vaccine research to cancer vaccine research and the power of children in marketing campaigns, especially in the context of raising funds for children’s hospitals or finding cures for childhood diseases. CMAJ is partnering with New Books Network for this episode. NBN connects scholars to book authors and publishes modern book reviews in the form of a podcast. //newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/medicine/ Dr. Robin Scheffler is a historian of biological and biomedical sciences and associate professor in the science, technology, and society program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Scheffler just published a book called “A Contagious Cause: The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine.” His Medicine and Society article is titled “Protecting children: the American turn from polio to cancer vaccines.” The article is published in CMAJ: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181630 ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.