KR preparation: a story of research, science and politics
Keywords:
neoplasm, science, politics, research, Soviet Union, Trypanosoma cruziAbstract
During the Second World War (1939-1945) and the Cold War (1945-1991), the Soviet goverment used science as a tool in political affairs. Cancer was given political priority and all the research resources were directed to the development of oncology. Professors Nina Georgievna Klyueva (1899-1971) and Grigorii Iosifovich Roskin (1892-1964) dedicated their life to search for the cure of cancer in a world where manipulation of science had a political goal. In 1940 they managed to develop a anti-cancer serum from Trypanosoma cruzi. The stalinist government was informed of the development of its preparation, and this experience was utilized as a tool to control scientists who wanted to share its know-how with foreign scientists. Professors were discredited and accessed as traitors. As a result of this war, Klyueva and Roskin's work was discredited and their discovery was forgotten.
Author Biography
Diana Esperanza Rivera, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología E.S.E
Grupo Políticas, Legislación y Movilización Social
Instituto Nacional de Cancerología E.S.E
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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