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HISTORIA CIENCIAS SAUDE-MANGUINHOS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages 75-94Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702009000500005
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Nina Kliueva; Grigorii Roskin; cancer research; Trypanosoma cruzi; Cold War
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In the summer of 1946, the international community of cancer researchers was inspired by the announcement that two Soviet scientists, Nina Kliueva and Grigorii Roskin, had discovered anticancer properties in culture extracts made from the South American protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, and had produced a preparation-named after its discoverers KR - which showed clear therapeutic effects on cancer patients. Research teams from various countries enthusiastically pursued the promising new line of investigation. The story of the rise and fall of interest in the anticancer properties of T. cruzi in different countries suggests that during the second half of the twentieth century, the Cold War competition between the superpowers played an important role in shaping the research agendas of cancer studies.
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