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...researchers call a microarray. Once the machine has created a few dozen of these arrays, they will be rolled up, inserted into glass tubes and doused with radioactive dye and genetic material from a range of human tissue types--from normal, healthy cells to diseased cells representing breast, prostate, lung or colon cancer. Emerging from this experiment will be a set of data points, glowing with eerie phosphorescence, that may someday lead scientists to a new cure for one of the deadliest scourges known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New Pharmacy | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...Lung Cancer Researchers were pleased to find that a diet rich in fruits and veggies reduced the risk - at least in women - of the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S. Apples, pears, cauliflower and grapefruit were particularly active against the incidence of lung cancer for reasons are that are still unclear (although scientists suspect carotenoids may be powerful anticarcinogens). But the bottom line is that no quantity of cabbages or citrus fruits can outweigh the benefits of quitting smoking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your A to Z Guide to the Year in Medicine | 1/6/2001 | See Source »

...Percent drop in lung cancer in California since the launch of an anti-smoking campaign in 1989. The number of smokers dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...Percent drop in lung cancer nationwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Several stories emerge, darkly, through the translational murk. In one, a character called "I" learns that he does not have lung cancer, as previously diagnosed, and embarks on a journey through China in search of "spiritual tranquility." Reclusiveness attracts him, but he also craves the company of others. His indecisiveness frustrates him: "Too much analytical thinking, too much logic, too many meanings! Life has no logic, so why does there have to be logic to explain what it means? Also, what is logic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost in the Translation | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

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