No blood, no growth, no future. Two agents developed in Folkman's laboratory, endostatin and angiostatin, apparently deprived large tumors in mice of their blood supply, causing them to vanish. Folkman isn't taking it sitting down. Folkman was honored at a surgical conference in the Twin Cities a couple of months ago. His talk was beamed from downtown Minneapolis to Mayo Auditorium, where a scattered audience watched it on the big screen.
Tumors have basic needs to fill before they can kill.
If these needs aren't met, tumors remain dormant or disappear. Up on the screen went data from recent autopsy studies. Folkman didn't need to say it. More of us than we thought are carrying the seeds of our destruction. For me as a practicing nonscientist who has inveigled his way into the temple of science and consorted with its high priesthood, that day was last month.