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- catalog abstract "Racing to the Beginning of the Road is the fascinating story of an elite inner circle of scientists and their frenetic race to unlock the mystery of cancer's origin. Robert Weinberg chronicles the recent revolution in our understanding of how cancer begins and how it might be conquered in the future. Head of the oncology lab at MIT's renowned Whitehead Institute, he is one of the world's leading experts in cancer research. From his unique perspective at the center of the maelstrom, Dr. Weinberg provides an insightful look at the human forces that propel the race forward or, just as often, hold it back. Some scientists, sensing the urgency and elusiveness of their goal and competition on all sides, leap into brilliantly productive collaborations; others, driven by the same high stakes, construct elaborate deceptions. Like Watson's and Crick's account of discovery in The Double Helix, Racing to the Beginning of the Road reveals the immediate impact of scientific progress: successful proofs of one hypothesis explode others previously held as fact and lead to even more challenging conundrums.".
- catalog contributor b9841443.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Beginnings: the founding of the cancer establishment -- Internal combustion: first steps -- Smoke and mirrors: the chemical carcinogenesis theory -- A can of worms: viruses and the cancer plague -- Stamping out cancer: viruses, Xerox machines, and information transfer -- Unconventional backwardness: the discovery of reverse transcriptase -- Very special cancer viruses: big government and the search for the human agent -- California viruses: cancer genes and DNA tumor viruses -- The revolution of '76: the enemy within: discovery of the proto-oncogene.".
- catalog description "From his unique perspective at the center of the maelstrom, Dr. Weinberg provides an insightful look at the human forces that propel the race forward or, just as often, hold it back. Some scientists, sensing the urgency and elusiveness of their goal and competition on all sides, leap into brilliantly productive collaborations; others, driven by the same high stakes, construct elaborate deceptions. Like Watson's and Crick's account of discovery in The Double Helix, Racing to the Beginning of the Road reveals the immediate impact of scientific progress: successful proofs of one hypothesis explode others previously held as fact and lead to even more challenging conundrums.".
- catalog description "Racing to the Beginning of the Road is the fascinating story of an elite inner circle of scientists and their frenetic race to unlock the mystery of cancer's origin. Robert Weinberg chronicles the recent revolution in our understanding of how cancer begins and how it might be conquered in the future. Head of the oncology lab at MIT's renowned Whitehead Institute, he is one of the world's leading experts in cancer research.".
- catalog description "Transmitted in error: damaged genes and the origins of cancer -- Genes bearing gifts: a new way to find elusive cancer genes -- Picking up the pieces: resurrecting transfection -- Shilo's cane: tapping our way to the genetic targets of carcinogens -- A horse race: cloning the thoroughbred oncogene -- Hidden connections: discovering what we already knew -- A three-ring circus: the search for the elusive mutation -- The Cornell minicomputer: the big scheme: how oncogenes transform cells -- A hundred years war: retinoblastoma and tumor-suppressor genes -- Out of dark woods: the pieces fit together.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 270 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0517591189".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harmony Books,".
- catalog subject "1996 G-218".
- catalog subject "616.99/4/0072 20".
- catalog subject "Cancer Research History.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms history.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms.".
- catalog subject "QZ 206 W423r 1996".
- catalog subject "RC267 .W45 1996".
- catalog subject "Research History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Beginnings: the founding of the cancer establishment -- Internal combustion: first steps -- Smoke and mirrors: the chemical carcinogenesis theory -- A can of worms: viruses and the cancer plague -- Stamping out cancer: viruses, Xerox machines, and information transfer -- Unconventional backwardness: the discovery of reverse transcriptase -- Very special cancer viruses: big government and the search for the human agent -- California viruses: cancer genes and DNA tumor viruses -- The revolution of '76: the enemy within: discovery of the proto-oncogene.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Transmitted in error: damaged genes and the origins of cancer -- Genes bearing gifts: a new way to find elusive cancer genes -- Picking up the pieces: resurrecting transfection -- Shilo's cane: tapping our way to the genetic targets of carcinogens -- A horse race: cloning the thoroughbred oncogene -- Hidden connections: discovering what we already knew -- A three-ring circus: the search for the elusive mutation -- The Cornell minicomputer: the big scheme: how oncogenes transform cells -- A hundred years war: retinoblastoma and tumor-suppressor genes -- Out of dark woods: the pieces fit together.".
- catalog title "Racing to the beginning of the road : the search for the origin of cancer / Robert A. Weinberg.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".