Tripping over the truth
Subtitle: the return of the metabolic theory of cancer illuminates a new and hopeful path to a cure
By: Travis Christofferson
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781500600310
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Cancer; Prevention; History
Description: "In the wake of the Cancer Genome Atlas project's failure to provide a legible road map to a cure for cancer, science writer Travis Christofferson illuminates a promising blend of old and new perspectives on the disease. 'Tripping Over the Truth' follows the story of cancers proposed metabolic origin from the vaunted halls of the German scientific golden age, to modern laboratories around the world. The reader is taken on a journey through time and science that results in an unlikely connecting of the dots with profound therapeutic implications." --Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 249-272).
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: pt 1. How cancer became known as a genetic disease; title: pt. 2. Chemotherapy and the gates of hell; title: pt 3. Breakthroughs and disappointments; title: pt 4. Dark matter; title: pt 5.Watson reconsiders; title: pt 6. Mitochondria: an old theory is new again; title: pt 7. Where do we go from here?; title: Appendix A; title: Appendix B; title: Notes.