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Warhead
Author(s) -
Jacobs Howy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.209
Subject(s) - battle , adversary , warhead , political science , biological warfare , history , law , computer security , ancient history , computer science , engineering , aerospace engineering
Forty years ago, Nixon declared war on cancer. Despite enormous efforts, the war is far from won. Instead of retreating from battle, Howy argues that we need more frontline research to understand the enemy and to overcome its defences.