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Book SynopsisA fresh and fascinating investigation into cancer and how genetics holds the key to overcoming it.
Trade ReviewThis book is packed with big ideas about life. Every chapter has something in it which made me think wow. Having worked in a major cancer charity for many years, Arney writes with genuine in-depth understanding and is a perfect guide. * Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure *
Rebel Cell is a bright, engaging read, fizzing with energy and metaphor. Kat Arney is a science writer for all of us - a powerful and talented story teller. * Stephen McGann *
Kat's book is Dynamite. A crystal clear reappraisal of the story behind that word we fear to mention. * Dallas Campbell, author of Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet *
Forget magic bullets and much hyped miracle cures, to improve the chances of cancer patients we need revolutionary new thinking. And that new thinking, Arney forcefully argues, is evolutionary. She not only places cancer in its evolutionary context but shows how understanding a cancer as an evolving entity leads to new therapeutic approaches that work. This lively, scholarly and accessible book should be essential reading. * Professor Laurence D Hurst, President of the Genetics Society *
Better than just a history or scientific rundown of cancer, Kat Arney presents a philosophy for how to think about cancer. * Zach Weinersmith author of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything *
Kat Arney does it again: taking the complex and making it easy to grasp, demystifying the mysterious, asking the right questions and finding the surprising answers - and all with rollicking good humour and bonhomie. The war on cancer would itself be far more advanced if its practitioners knew how to communicate with us and each other as well as Kat does in this mind-thrilling page turner. * Mark Stevenson, Futurist and Author of We Do Things Differently: the outsiders rebooting our world *
A lively study of the Big C, which makes the case that cancer is the price we pay for our marvellously complicated bodies. * The Times *
