A new era, for example in the treatment of cancer or Parkinson’s disease, as well as protection once morest AIDS or malaria infections: this is what RNA medicine promises. This book explains the revolutionary findings in a way that is easy to understand.
A new era, for example in the treatment of cancer or Parkinson’s disease, as well as protection once morest AIDS or malaria infections: this is what RNA medicine promises. RNA, short for ribonucleic acid, translates information from genes into proteins. In the last two years of the corona pandemic, we have all learned that RNA also contains the blueprint for certain viral proteins and can thus arm our immune system once morest an infection. RNA vaccines were initially very controversial because of their novel way of working. The fact that they were then very successful gives those tailwind – also financially – who have been working on therapies with RNA or on RNA vaccines once morest various infectious diseases for some time.
The science journalist Edda Grabar and her colleague Ulrich Bahnsen describe the fundamental findings of RNA research, which dates back to the late 1950s, with a focus on the researchers. They then provide insight into the direction and status of current activities. Her book is knowledgeable and well researched, understandable and informative. However, what the two authors report also shows the reader that a lot is pie in the sky and that the title of the book, “The End of All Suffering”, is an overstatement. Another shortcoming: At least in the edition that was available for review, individual passages of text are duplicated. A more careful editing would have increased the reading pleasure.Frank Frick
Edda Grabar, Ulrich Bahnsen
THE END OF ALL SUFFERING
Quadriga, 268 S., € 20,–
ISBN 978–3–86995–116–4
