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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cure for cancer might be modern medicine's holy grail, the greatest medical discovery since the polio vaccine...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Folkman Battles Cancer, Spotlight | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Satcher's platform also includes increasing immunization rates and cancer-screening--projects he also promoted...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Satcher to Invoke Health Lessons Learned from Life Experience | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...addition to providing treatment plans for needy people, Satcher also emphasized prevention programs. During his term as director, the breast-cancer-screening program expanded from 18 to all 50 states. Satcher also created initiatives to promote childhood immunization...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Satcher to Invoke Health Lessons Learned from Life Experience | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Pilcher's success is being repeated all across the U.S. as a growing number of Americans discover that soybeans aren't just for livestock and vegetarians anymore. Doctors are studying its potential to lower cholesterol, fight cancer and build healthy bones. Grocers are stocking tasty new varieties. And sometime this summer or early fall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to put soy on its short list of foods that may actually lower the risk of heart disease. (The others are fiber-containing fruits, vegetables, whole grains and psyllium seed husk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy Of Soy | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...just a few of the firms caught up in this macho space race. And as Anderson suggests, there are any number of other large scientific undertakings that could adopt the SETI model. Maybe someday my idle PC will be helping map the human genome or find a cure for cancer. Hey, it's the least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting for E.T. to Phone | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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