Cancer: The Misguided Cell

by David Prescott and Abraham S. Flexer

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878937072
• ISBN13: 9780878937073
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A very readable book on genomics and cancer

I picked up David M Prescott's Cancer- the Misguided Cell at a flea market. I have minimal background in genetics, genomics, and biology, but I do want to understand it in light of the fact that the Human genome is now almost completed by a company called Celera Genomics. This is going to be the greatest scientific achievement of all time, and I want to understand something about DNA, genetics and in particular cancer, since that is the biggest target of the genomics work. This little book is the best I have ever read It goes through DNA, RNA, proteins, and what happens or what goes wrong when cancer strikes and organism. The book is not a popular braod brush treatment with platitudes and fluff. It will teach you to understand how cells divide, how RNA replicates a cell, the inside of the cell and how proteins work. If I can understand these things from this book anyone can, with a little effort. The diagrams are consise and uncluttered and show each concept clearly, which is often not the case in books of this type. Jargon is used to a minimum and clearly defined and explained before it is used. It is truly a tutorial. If anyone wants to understand this important field that will affect all of us who breathe, I heartily recommend this book. I hope my review spurs a demand for it to be reprinted. It is important and needed. I also recommended it on the Motley Fool (Fool.com) Celera message board to all.