There Is A Duality In Recognising What An Incredible Disease It Is - In Terms Of Its Origin, That It Emerges Out Of A Normal Cell. It's A Reminder Of What A Wonderful Thing A Normal Cell Is. In A Very Cold, Scientific Sense, I Think A Cancer Cell Is A Kind Of Biological Marvel.

-Siddhartha Mukherjee

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There Is A Duality In Recognising What

Siddhartha Mukherjee

There Is A Duality In Recognising What An Incredible Disease It Is - In Terms Of Its Origin, That It Emerges Out Of A Normal Cell. It's A Reminder Of What A Wonderful Thing A Normal Cell Is. In A Very Cold, Scientific Sense, I Think A Cancer Cell Is A Kind Of Biological Marvel.

Topic

Cancer

Thinking

Cells

I Had Seen Cancer At A More Cellular Level As A Researcher. The First Time I Entered The Cancer Ward, My First Instinct Was To Withdraw From What Was Going On - The Complexity, The Death. It Was A Very Bleak Time.

Cancer

Levels

Firsts