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...fries can in themselves cause normal, well-behaved cells to mutate into unruly malignant ones. In fact, no one has the faintest notion what causes the initial genetic changes to occur. "In lung cancer we have a reasonable idea that the major cause is cigarette smoking," says Dr. Philip Leder, chairman of Harvard's department of genetics. "In skin cancer we understand that the major cause is ultraviolet light, which is absorbed by DNA and causes it to break. But with breast cancer we don't have any idea what the precipitating factors...
...pool as it now stands contains a number of candidates whose names had not previously surfaced, including Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder '56, Ford Foundation Professor of International Security Joseph S. Nye, Jr., and Ropes Professor of Political Economy Lawrence H. Summers...
...Leder, who in 1988 was granted the world's first patent on an animal--a genetically altered strain of mice, has been mentioned as a top contender for the presidency...
...guidelines] will accomplish the goals of the policy in general, and at the same time, policy will permit certain activities to go forward, which will provide for the public good, but which would have otherwise not been allowed by a blanket provision," says Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder, a committee member...
Harvard geneticist Philip Leder cites many common diseases -- hyper-tension, allergies, diabetes, heart disease, mental illness and some (perhaps all) cancers -- that have a genetic component. Unlike Huntington's and Tay-Sachs diseases, which are caused by a single defective gene, many of these disorders have their roots in several errant genes and would require genetic therapy far more sophisticated than any now even being contemplated. Still, says Leder, "in the end, genetic mapping is going to have its greatest impact on these major diseases...