Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Flesh of our Own Flesh

Chapter 2: The Enemy Within

Chapter 3: Discovery

Chapter 4: Unseeable Biology

Chapter 5: Cloning the Gene

Chapter 6: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Chapter 7: A New Angle on Cancer

Chapter 8: p53 Reveals its True Colours

Chapter 9: Master Switch

Chapter 10: ‘Guardian of the Genome’

Chapter 11: Of Autumn Leaves and Cell Death

Chapter 12: Of Mice and Men

Chapter 13: The Guardian’s Gatekeeper

Chapter 14: The Smoking Gun

Chapter 15: Following the Fingerprints

Chapter 16: Cancer in the Family

Chapter 17: The Tropeiro Connection?

Chapter 18: Jekyll and Hyde

Chapter 19: Cancer and Ageing: A Balancing Act?

Chapter 20: The Treatment Revolution

Dramatis Personae

Glossary

Notes on Sources

Acknowledgements

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