Elstree is a site of scientific excellence. Starting as laboratories as part of the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, research was varied, including pathogen safety and nutrition before the site’s first great success was through playing a pivotal role in the global eradication of smallpox.
Blood, Plage and Smallpox - a new book from Tim Sandle
From Lister sprung the Blood Products Laboratory, a global innovator in plasma products (including immunoglobulins and the world’s first factor VIII for the treatment of haemophilia).
These three central elements are captured by this book’s title – Blood, Plague, and Smallpox.
This book documents the history of the site – criminals sought out by Scotland Yard; dedicated workers contracting the very pathogens they are experimenting on; periodic political and biological threats to the site remaining open (from Margaret Thatcher to mad cow disease), this is a history of twists, turns, survival and scientific excellence.
Dr. Tim Sandle is a scientist by profession (pharmaceutical microbiology) in addition to being an author of more than 30 books and a journalist. Sandle has authored some 1000 peer reviewed papers and technical articles and he has long been interested in the history of the ‘Elstree Labs’, both as an employee and a lover of history.
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The book is available as a hardback, paperback and e-book via Amazon.
Posted by Dr. Tim Sandle, Pharmaceutical Microbiology Resources (http://www.pharmamicroresources.com/)
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