| The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level Contributor(s): Wapner, Jessica (Author), Weinberg, Robert A. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1615190678 ISBN-13: 9781615190676 Publisher: Experiment OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Science | History |
| Dewey: 616.994 |
| LCCN: 2012047686 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 303 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wapner, Jessica: - Jessica Wapner is a freelance science writer focused mainly on health care and medicine. Her work has appeared in publications including Scientific American, Slate, The New York Times, theatlantic.com, New York, Science, Nature Medicine, the Ecologist, the Scientist, and Psychology Today. Her writing on cancer research and treatment has also appeared in the patient-focused magazines CR and Cure, and she has been a frequent contributor to the industry publication Oncology Business Review. She lives with her family in Beacon, New York.Weinberg, Robert A.: - Author of One Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins, and The Biology of Cancer, Robert Allan Weinberg is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and American Cancer Society Research Professor; his research is in the area of oncogenes and the genetic basis of human cancer. Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. |
