About For Books One Renegade Cell: The Quest for the Origin of Cancer (Science Masters) Complete

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Paperback. Pub Date: 1999 Pages: 176 in Publisher: Basic Books One of the leading cancer researchers in the world. Robert A. Weinberg is perfectly suited to describe the search for cancer s origins from the early days of this century to the called the present . Presuming little knowledge of biology. he tells how a cancer-causing virus was first discovered in 1909. how the correlation was made between chemical carcinogens and cancer. and how oncogenes (the genes that can turn a cell malignant) work. He explains clearly how malignant cells send messages to one another and also block the messages of normal cells. Finally. Weinberg predicts that cancer prevention may depend on our ability to understand the mysterious chemical clock that regulates our cells most basic functions. One Renegade Cell offers a concise . accessible route into the complex and often daunting world of ca...

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