Changes in the cells' DNA causes cancer
According to the late Dr. Frank Horsfall, Jr. cancer is caused by changes in the DNA of cells. His theory provided a basis for numerous more cancer research in finding ways to treat cancer and how heredity control in cells could be a tool in cancer prevention.
Frank Lappin Horsfall, Jr. (Seattle, December 14, 1906 – New York, February 19, 1971) was an American physician specializing in pathology. The Tamm-Horsfall protein is named after Igor Tamm and him. He was a clinician and a virologist whose influential leadership came primarily through his perceptive scientific experimentation. He spent all his formative years in Seattle until he was 21.
His father was a prominent surgeon who maintained a large house on Capitol Hill. Frank was the first of the four children. By the time he entered high school, he had decided to become an engineer, and he spent most of his time with a friend rigging up the family Victrola for radio reception. He was also active in various school activities.
Just what is this killer cancer that has taken away lives of loved ones and friends? In medical terms it is known as a malignant neoplasm, a class of disease in which a cell or group of cells exhibits uncontrolled rapid growth and spread to other locations in the body (metastize) through lymph or blood. Cancer that does not metastize is called as benign tumor and they are not malignant. Read more ... Frank Horsfall Theory of Cancer Relates to DNA of Cells
Resources:
- "Current concepts of Cancer." NCBI. Accessed March 28, 2013.
- Frank Horsfall Biography. National Academy of Sciences. www.nasonline.org/.../memoir-pdfs/horsfall-frank.pdf. Accessed March 29, 2013.
- Verma, Surendra. The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories and Things. Sydney: New Holland, 2005
Note: This post, originally posted 10 October 2011, has been updated 28 March 2013.
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