Slowly, Cancer Genes Tender Their Secrets
Truthout.org/issuesTo their own amazement, scientists are now finding that untangling the genetics of cancer is not impossible. In fact, they say, what looked like an impenetrable shield protecting cancer cells turns out to be flimsy. And those seemingly impervious cancer cells, a researcher said, "are very much poised to die."
" Jay Weinstein found out that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia in 1996, two weeks before his marriage.
He was a New York City firefighter, and he thought his health was great.
He learned that there was little hope for a cure. The one treatment that could save him was a bone marrow transplant, but that required a donor, and he did not have one. By 1999, his disease was nearing its final, fatal phase. He might have just weeks to live.
Then, Mr. Weinstein had a stroke of luck. He managed to become one of the last patients to enroll in a preliminary study at the Oregon Health & Science University, testing an experimental drug."
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