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One Renegade Cell
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One Renegade Cell (1998) (edit title/settings)

How Cancer Begins

by Robert A. Weinberg (Author) (edit contributors)

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For everyone whose life has been touched by cancer, One Renegade Cell tells the story of the search for the ultimate causes of this dreaded disease. " One Renegade Cell …offers a breathtaking picture, both wonderful and frightening, of the fantastic intricacy of aberrant cellular... read more

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Cancer wreaks havoc in almost every part of the human body.

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1 - The enemy within. genes, cells and the nature of cancer
2 - Clues to cancer's origins: how the outside world affects the inside of our cells
3 - The elusive quarry: hunting the proto-oncogene
4 - Fatal flaws: finding oncogenes in human tumors
5 - A book of many chapters: multistep tumor development
6 - Fueling the fire: carcinogens that aren't mutagens
7 - Brake linings: the discovery of tumor suppresor genes
8 - Guts: a case study in cancer development
9 - Defenders of the text: DNA repair and its breakdown
10 - Guide proteins of the cell: the machinery that controls growth
11 - A breakdown of order: subverting normal growth control
12 - Immortality: avoidance of almost certain death
13 - Assisted suicide: apoptosis and the death program
14 - A clock without hands: the cell cycle clock apparatus
15 - Many obstacles in the road: the evolution of a tumor
16 - An end to the scourge: using the knowledge of cancer's causes to develop new cures

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This is book 10 of 22 in Science Masters. (community list)

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  1. Robert A. Weinberg (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
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Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0465072755
Page Count: 176

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