Michael Hanna – författare

It has long been suspected, and recently confirmed, that there is an etiologic relationship between several viruses and naturally occurring neoplasias. Virus precursors in the form of nucleic acids or antigens have consistently been associated with certain neoplasias. However, the role of these virus-specified precursors in etiology remains obscure. Recent studies of virus-associated neo­ plasias have led to advances in molecular techniques, which have yielded increas­ ingly sensitive assays for detection of virus-specific nucleic acids, and which have enabled the disruption of virus particles without concomitant loss in antigenicity of the components. These procedures have, in turn, resulted in molecular probes that allow more definitive evaluation of the host response to its virus and to the tumor cell with which the virus or its precursors are associated. Evaluations of the immune response and status of the host have provided important informa­ tion about carcinogenesis and the tools for seroepidemiological studies of a variety of cancers. These seroepidemiological studies have demonstrated that several human cancers, e. g. , Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, are probably virus-induced, and that antibodies that are diagnostic and prog­ nostic for these diseases are detectable. The conclusion that feline leukemia is a disease transmitted horizontally by a virus resulted primarily from immunologi­ cal experiments.

This book guides medical researchers through all stages of transforming their scientific data and ideas into a published paper.  Many researchers in medicine, including the life sciences and health sciences, struggle to get their research written and published.  Manuscripts are typically rejected and/or sent back for revisions several times before ever being published.  One reason for this is that researchers have not received much instruction in the specific subjects and skills needed to write and publish scientific medical papers:  research methodology, ethics, statistics, data visualization, writing, revising, and the practicalities of publishing.   Instead of wasting the reader’s time discussing trivialities of punctuation, spelling, etc., this book tackles all the major scientific issues that routinely lead to manuscripts getting rejected from the journals.  The section “Preparing” covers the range of methodological, ethical, and practical aspects that researchers need to address before starting to write their paper.  The section “Analyzing” reviews commonplace problems in the statistical analysis and presentation, and how to resolve those problems.  The section “Drafting” describes what to write in all the various parts of a paper (the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Abstract, etc.)  The section “Revising” explains and illustrates how to improve the writing style of any manuscript.  The section “Publishing” discusses how to navigate the peer review process and all other practical aspects of the publishing phase. This book draws on the author’s decade of experience as an independent medical writer and research consultant, but it is not written merely as the personal opinion of yet another expert.  The entire book is grounded in the existing scientific and scholarly literature, with extensive references and a lengthy annotated bibliography, so readerscan quickly obtain more information on any aspect they want.  Thus this book provides a more evidence-based, scholarly account of how medical scientific papers should be written, in order to improve medical communication and accelerate scientific progress. After reading this entire book cover to cover, medical researchers will know how to write better quality medical papers, and they will be able to publish their work in better journals with less time and struggle.  This book is essential reading for anyone conducting research in clinical medicine, life sciences, or health sciences.