In article ,
 William Morse  wrote:

> wirtatmar{at}aol.com (Wirt Atmar) wrote in
> news:cmhghv$q1u$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org: 
> 
> > Phillip writes:
> > 
> >>If no one has put forward the idea that tumours may evolve into organs
> >>I here by stake my claim to this theory ;-). 

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I remember reading a book by one of my favorite authors (when I was 
in my teens and twenties) George R. Stewart.  In one of his books 
('Storm', 'Earth Abides', or ??) a young medical student proposes to 
his professor that it might be possible to induce cancerous cells to 
form useful organs in the body.

This would have been written, probably in the 1940s or perhaps the 
'50s.

earle
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