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Previous Volume 341:63-64 July 1, 1999 Number 1

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By C. Sonnenschein and A.M. Soto. 154 pp. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1999. $34.95. ISBN 0-387-91583-4.

The Society of Cells is a deceptively simple presentation of a profound hypothesis. This little book of only 154 pages should not be dismissed because of its seeming simplicity or because most of its points have not yet been proved; some of the points have indeed been demonstrated, and the argument is heuristically appealing. The viewpoint of the authors needs to be considered carefully by all biologists.

In part 1 of their book, Sonnenschein and Soto argue persuasively that healthy, well-nourished cells, unless constrained by inhibitory factors or signals, will undergo mitosis. According to their view, cells do not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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