Robert Cooke has spent thirty-five years covering science and medicine for major newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Atlantic Journal and Constitution, and Newsday. His fascination with science news began with the advent of the space age and matured with continuing exposure to the biological sciences.



DR. FOLKMAN’S WAR:
Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer
Random House, February 2001
Genre: Science & Health
Agent: Faith Hamlin

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“Judah Folkman’s answer-stop cancers by cutting off their blood supplies—has much too long been thought of as too simple to ever work. Now, however, a broad set of antiangiogenic agents based on Judah’s ideas are coming on line. The verdict ‘cancer’ need no longer be synonymous with fear and despair.”
—James Watson, winner of the Nobel Prize and author of The Double Helix

“Robert Cooke is without a doubt the most scrupulous and judicious science writer I have ever known. His strong passion for accuracy and fair play sings from every page of Dr. Folkman’s War, taking the battle against cancer beyond sensationalism to a place that is at once informative and exciting. Because the book is grounded, as such journalism should be, on solid science, hope sounds from it all the more loudly.”
—Laurie Garrett, author of Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health

Dr. Judah Folkman’s research was hailed as the potential key to the cure for cancer. In 1998, Nobel Laureate James Watson predicted, “Judah is going to cure cancer in two years.” Science journalist Robert Cooke gained exclusive access for this 2001 biography of Dr. Folkman, who died in 2008 before achieving his ultimate goal.