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The recent startling discovery that a single gene prevents the cells in the body from becoming tumors 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... read more
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- Mark Skolnick: Add a description of this character.
- Bert Vogelstein
- Kamb
- Kolodner
- Susan
- Janet
- Merck
- Scolnick
- Francis Collins
- Weber
- Mary-claire King
- Humphrey
- Lenoir
- Vagelos
- Sidransky
- Mattie
- Biesecker
- Watson
- Gibbs
- Wilson
- Holtzman
- Pamela
- Anna
- Bill
- Green
- Ishmael
- Fishel
- Mishkin
- La Chapelle
- Harris
- Douglas
- Kinzler
- Haseltine
- Lucy
- Marx
- Hall
- Richard
- Koshland
- Jesse
- Lynch
- Dolly
- Goldgar
- Molino
Setting & Locations edit
- Utah
- Baltimore
- San Francisco
- Berkeley
- United States
- Michigan
- Salt Lake City
- University Of California
- Finland
- Newfoundland
- New York
- Cincinnati
- Huntington
- West Point
- Boston
- France
- Dallas
- Houston
- Maryland
- Washington
- Cold Spring Harbor
- Italy
- Europe
- London
- Bethesda
- D.c.
- Johns Hopkins
- Rahway
- Long Island
- Great Britain
- Philadelphia
- Nebraska
- Harvard
- St. John
- North Carolina
First Sentence edit
In 1993, sixteen years after his death, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, or more accurately, a tiny part of him, participated in a remarkable experiment.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Waldholz (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0684811251
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0684811251
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 616.994
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