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This book was pitched wrong for me given my degree involved biochemistry and molecular biology and I worked on a cancer journal for a couple of years, but I rattled through it regardless for the handful of interesting nuggets it provided, filling in the history of familiar topics. However, I would have liked much more detail, if not on the science then at least on the people and personalities.
The style was somewhat formulaic and journalistic, making it a lighter, though far far less satisfying, ...more
The style was somewhat formulaic and journalistic, making it a lighter, though far far less satisfying, ...more
Great introduction to biochem, with a particular focus on the gene pathways involved in cancer. This author provided a nice history of how researchers came to understand how P53 worked to inhibit cancer growth.
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