{"product_id":"vaxxers-the-inside-story-of-the-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-and-the-race-against-the-virus-9781529369854","title":"Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine and the Race Against the Virus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER AND RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Chosen as a Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Times*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of a race - not against other vaccines or other scientists, but against a deadly and devastating virus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 1 January 2020, Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, read an article about four people in China with a strange pneumonia. Within two weeks, she and her team had designed a vaccine against a pathogen that no one had ever seen before. Less than 12 months later, vaccination was rolled out across the world to save millions of lives from Covid-19. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVaxxers\u003c\/i\u003e, we hear directly from Professor Gilbert and her colleague Dr Catherine Green as they reveal the inside story of making the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and the cutting-edge science and sheer hard work behind it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is their story of fighting a pandemic as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Sarah and Cath share the heart-stopping moments in the eye of the storm; they separate fact from fiction; they explain how they made a highly effective vaccine in record time with the eyes of the world watching; and they give us hope for the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVaxxers \u003c\/i\u003einvites us into the lab to find out how science will save us from this pandemic, and how we can prepare for the inevitable next one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529369854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574287868085,"sku":"9781529369854","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_279e2105-8041-4ccb-9027-cf58d25cbf6a.jpg?v=1643692162","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vaxxers-the-inside-story-of-the-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-and-the-race-against-the-virus-9781529369854","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}