October 1, 2001
Magic Bullets Fly Again
Molecular guided missiles called monoclonal antibodies were poised to shoot down cancer and a host of other diseases--until they crashed and burned. Now a new generation is soaring to market
Stories by Claire Panosian
CLAIRE PANOSIAN is a medical journalist and a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at U.C.L.A. School of Medicine. Her reviews and essays have recently been published in Discover, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.