Twenty-five years of type I interferon-based treatment: a critical analysis of its therapeutic use

In his book on the history of interferon (IFN), Toine Pieters affirms that IFN can be considered one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs, the history of which has represented an example of therapeutic survival in the face of several cycles of promise and disappointment as a ‘miracle drug’. The therapeutic use of IFN has enhanced our understanding of how drug manufacturing and marketing has played a role in pushing the boundaries of research, from the post penicillin era to the genetics revolution in medicine [1].

Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - December 30, 2014 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Guido Antonelli, Carolina Scagnolari, Federica Moschella, Enrico Proietti Source Type: research