Description: 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 this new-found gene, Curing Cancer brings to life the race to unlock cancer's genetic code. It profiles scientists like Bert Vogelstein, who first uncovered the tumor-suppressing gene; Mary Clarke King, whose research into breast cancer is fueled by personal passion; and Mark Skolnick, whose team found two genes that may account for 10 percent of all breast cancers.

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