Curing Cancer : The Story of the Men and Women Unlocking the Secrets of our Deadliest Illness

Name: Curing Cancer
Brand: Simon & Schuster
SKU: 9780684848020
Price: 3950 KES
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ISBN: 9780684848020

by Michael Waldholz

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0684848023

ISBN-13 9780684848020

Publisher Simon & Schuster

Imprint Simon & Schuster

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 7th, 1999

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 417 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Medical genetics Oncology Popular science

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Reporting from the frontiers of research, an award-winning science writer brings readers the story of the people hunting for the genetic key to cancer, and the dramatic recent breakthroughs that offer hope for an eventual cure.

The recent startling discovery that a single gene prevents the cells in the body from becoming tumours marked a dramatic turning point in cancer research. Taking readers into the labs where researchers have determined that cancers are caused either genetically or environmentally by destroying the new found gene, CURING CANCER brings to life the race to unlock cancer''s genetic code. As well as documenting the search for a cure for cancer, Waldholz profiles many of the personalities that are shaping its course, scientists such as Bert Vogelstein, who first uncovered the tumour-suppressing gene; Mary-Claire King, whose research into breast cancer is fuelled by personal passion; and Mark Skolnick, whose team found two genes that may account for 10% of all breast cancers.

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