Conquering Cancer

Conquering Cancer One of the first scientists to prove that cancer is genetic was Biologist, Dr. Weinburg. In Weinburg’s experiment he took cancerous cells from rats’ brains and mixed their DNA with that of normal cells. The result was that the cells became cancerous, proving that cancer is in genes. In recent years our knowledge about cancer and what causes it has greatly increased. We now know that vital genes mutating cause cancer. Just …

…far and we are closer to a cure than we have ever been. Scientists are nearing the ability to pinpoint the locations of many mutated genes that cause cancer, and they can now treat the problem of cancerous tumors spreading. Also many new treatments are being discovered that can help reduce the effect of cancerous cells on the body. Hopefully we will see a cure for this horrible disease soon in the years to come.