[A] modern American tale of one man's quest for a cure for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. It is bejeweled with insights into the lives of patients, researchers, and businessmen."-New Scientist. Susan Quinn's extraordinary story takes the reader into the closed world of experimental "human trials" in which new drugs are developed. Both the portrait of a dedicated scientist and the archetypal story of all medical research, Human Trials is the emotion-laden, roller-coaster trip from the lab bench to the medicine cabinet, in which scientists risk their reputations, venture capitalists their millions, and patients their very lives. A Merloyd Lawrence Book