title: Early days in interferon research.
abstract: I describe in this article the early days of interferon research in France. In 1957, when Isaacs and Lindenmann published their results in the same time we worked on a para-influenza 3 virus inhibitor. Thereafter we confirmed this important discovery and initiated research studies about anti-tumor action of interferon.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interférons et de la Sarcolectine, Centre Universitaire des Saints-Pères, Université Paris Descartes, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France. charles.chany@univ-paris5.fr
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chany
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001695:Biology / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D014773:Virology / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007372:Interferons