The Cure

A Story of Cancer and Politics from the Annals of the Cold War

By: Nikolai Krementsov

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Hardcover | 15 April 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Did America try to steal Soviet "cancer secrets"? And how could a cancer cure turn into a "biological atomic bomb"? Nikolai Krementsov's compelling tale of cancer and politics is the story of a husband-and-wife team who developed a promising anticancer treatment in Stalin's Russia, only to see their discovery entangled in Cold War rivalries, ideological conflict, and scientific turf wars.

In 1946, Nina Kliueva and Grigorii Roskin announced the discovery of a preparation able to "dissolve" tumors in mice. Preliminary clinical trials suggested that KR, named after its developers, might work in humans as well. Media hype surrounding KR prompted the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union to seek U.S.-Soviet cooperation in perfecting the possible cure. But the escalating Cold War gave this American interest a double edge. Though it helped Kliueva and Roskin solicit impressive research support from the Soviet leadership, including Stalin, it also thrust the couple into the center of an ideological confrontation between the superpowers. Accused of divulging "state secrets" to America, the couple were put on a show trial, and their "antipatriotic sins" were condemned in Soviet stage and film productions.

Parlaying their notoriety into increased funding, Kliueva and Roskin continued their research, but envious colleagues discredited their work and took over their institute. For years, work on KR languished and ceased entirely with the deaths of Kliueva and Roskin. But recently, the Russian press reported that work on KR has begun again, reopening this illuminating story of the intersection among Cold War politics, personal ideals, and biomedical research.

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"A fascinating and seductively accessible account of medical science in Stalin's Russia, of the quest for a cure for cancer in the context of Cold War ideology, bureaucratic infighting, and disciplinary rivalries." - Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University

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List of Illustrations	p. xi
Cast of Characters	p. xiii
Prologue	p. 1
Discovery	p. 7
Roskin: A Man and His Microscope	p. 10
A Discovery	p. 18
A Scientist at Work	p. 24
Innovation	p. 33
Kliueva: Making of a Bacteriologist	p. 34
Research and Development	p. 42
Boy Meets Girl	p. 47
War	p. 52
Retreat	p. 53
The War and Soviet Medicine	p. 56
Revival	p. 62
Veber's Ploy	p. 68
Politics	p. 75
The American Ambassador	p. 77
KR Comes to the New World	p. 84
Between Worlds	p. 91
Ideology	p. 101
The Cold War	p. 102
The Honor Court	p. 109
The Trial	p. 115
The KR Affair	p. 126
Culture	p. 134
On Stage: Alien Shadow	p. 136
On Screen: The Court of Honor	p. 144
Fiction and Reality	p. 152
Ambitions	p. 158
Building the Lab	p. 159
Turf Wars	p. 168
Competitive Exclusion	p. 177
Ideas	p. 183
KR on Trial	p. 185
Between Bench and Bedside	p. 191
"Trypanosa" and "Cruzin"	p. 198
Epilogue	p. 207
List of Abbreviations	p. 215
Notes	p. 217
Acknowledgments	p. 253
Index	p. 255
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