Righting a Wrong Turn
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apy and X rays inevitably produce some damage in normal cells, too.
Doctors, being only human and sharing in their patients' pain and ter-
ror, have devised ever more ferocious treatments. In our war on cancer
we've stampeded ourselves into a sort of Vietnam syndrome: To destroy
our foes, we're killing our friends. As Walt Kelly's cartoon character
Pogo observed in that context, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
CANCER CELLS RETURNED TO NORMAL BY REGENERATION
A Reintegrative Approach
But surely, you may be thinking, if this theory of cancer had any poten-
tial for a cure, the research establishment would have considered it. And
surely there would be some supporting evidence. Unfortunately, even
though the detooling and retooling of cells have now been accepted by
all of biology, the old habits still persist throughout most of the
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