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"Walk with us." - Jay Lake Walk with us as we explore the world of cancer as seen through a speculative lens. Hold our hands while we venture into the world of what ifs. Take a journey at our side as we experience the full spectrum of what cancer has to offer. The light, the darkness.

Contains twenty-six essays in which various authors debate issues related to animal experimentation, discussing animal rights, the ethics of animal experimentation, methods of experimentation, and other related topics.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...

In a novel that reaffirms her reputation as "America's Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing suspense. Nicholas Spencer, charismatic head of the medical research company Gen-stone, involved in the development of an anticancer vaccine, suddenly disappears. His private plane crashes en route to Puerto Rico, but his body is not found. Early results of the vaccine seemed highly promising. Yet, coinciding...

After three family members were stricken with aggressive cancer, I realized I had to get up to speed on the jargon of cancer research, and devise my own cancer toolkit of repurposed drugs and supplements if I wanted my loved ones to survive. This book is a record of that journey as we explore "Cancer as a Metabolic Disease" and the repurposed drugs and supplements targeting metabolic pathways for eradication of cancer stem cells. The problem is not...

A four volume set that provides essays on all aspects of cancer, including diseases, conditions, symptoms, cancer related syndromes, genetics, the biology of cancer, and more.

Examining the most notorious prophetic voices throughout the ages, Browne offers a clear and fascinating vision of the world as it will be in five, ten, twenty, and one hundred years.

At an early age, Madame Curie was taught the importance of education. As an adult she became an amazing heroine of science. Her devotion to her work, despite poverty and sickness, gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. Marie was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes. She chose not to profit from her research on radium so that the findings could be used for cancer research.