How a hatter and railroad clerk kickstarted cancer research

A hatter and a railway clerk's 1925 medical breakthrough became one of the most profound events in medical history. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In 1925,, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, published a blockbuster finding so significant that its editors offered a rare prelude: "The two communications which follow mark an event in the history of medicine . They form a detailed description of a prolonged and intensive research into the origin of malignant new growths, and they may present a solution of the central problem of cancer." On the day the studies were scheduled to be released, word began to spread beyond the scientific community.