Curing cancer : the story of the men and women unlocking the secrets of our deadliest illness / Mich...
Curing cancer : the story of the men and women unlocking the secrets of our deadliest illness / Mich...
Curing cancer : the story of the men and women unlocking the secrets of our deadliest illness / Michael Waldholz.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. ; [Great Britain] : Touchstone, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N616.994/92
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English
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318 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. ; [Great Britain] : Touchstone, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Among these scientists are Bert Vogelstein, the brilliant researcher whose Baltimore lab discovered the "tumor-suppressing" power of the p53 gene, advancing the theory that cancer first arises in a single cell and grows unchecked when "guardian" genes such as p53 are somehow damaged. Personal passion fuels the work of Mary-Claire King, a crusading...
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Curing cancer : the story of the men and women unlocking the secrets of our deadliest illness / Michael Waldholz.
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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index.
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N616.994/92
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74VMQXM583RZ
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ISBN
0684811251
9780684848020(pbk.) :
0684848023(pbk.) :
9780684811253
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616.994
MMS ID
991000488589702626
