Correspondence between Florence Barbara Seibert and Irene Corey Diller concerning a fungal or bacterial origin of cancer. The letters also discuss personal affairs and the work of other scientists working on cancer research.
Dr. Bissell talks about the processes in developemental biology. How are tumors like organs? Why do our organs and other body parts "know" to stop growing?; Further reading: Nature Medicine volume 17 (2011). pages 320–329.
Correspondence between Florence Barbara Seibert and Irene Corey Diller concerning a fungal or bacterial origin of cancer. Much of the correspondence deals with the identification of a strain of bacteria Diller found in a sample of cancer cells. The letters also discuss personal affairs and the work of other scientists working on cancer research.
Correspondence between Florence Barbara Seibert and Eva Soto Figueroa Leake. The first letters concern Leake's plans to travel from Mexico to the United States to study with Seibert, particularly her difficulties securing a fellowship, while the latter part of the correspondence. Later letters focus on Leake's career, her research on tuberculin, and Seibert's cancer research.
