自癌基因研究开始兴起以起,它经历了一个怀疑-激动-冷静的过程。1982年当美国几个实验室首次从人类肿瘤细胞中克隆出转化基因时,不少人对癌基因研究持怀疑态度。但事隔一年,随着越来越多的癌基因被分离或识别出,许多人预见距离彻底认清癌变的实质已为期不远了。在病理、免疫、细胞等其它基础医学领域内有越来越多的人引 Since the onset of oncogene research, it has undergone a suspicion-excited-calm process. When several American laboratories first cloned transforming genes from human tumor cells in 1982, many people were skeptical about oncogene research. But one year later, as more and more cancer genes are separated or identified, many people foresee the fact that the thorough understanding of the nature of cancer is not far off. There are more and more people in other basic medical fields such as pathology, immunity, and cells.