What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

A friend of mine is looking for a satirical short story in which a cancer doctor develops tougher lab rats, that can smoke a huge amount, eat all sorts of dangerous stuff, without developing cancer. By googling, I found a few references to a satirical piece published in Scientific American, but no title, date or author. Anyone else remember this? Might have been originally published (or republished) in "Analog" magazine, or an anthology, too.

This probably isn't it, but try Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

The Rats of NIMH is a children's book about a mouse and her family who request help from the rats of NIMH. Definitely not what the OP I looking for. Now I have a sudden urge to watch the movie again.....

Yeah, Mrs. Frisby isn't what I'm looking for. This might be a story called "Health Food" by W. R. Thompson. Now all I have to do is find a copy of the May 1987 Analog.

Yeah, I'm also now sure it isn't it, but it's always worth a shot to suggest it. ;)

Raevyn wrote: "Yeah, I'm also now sure it isn't it, but it's always worth a shot to suggest it. ;)"

It's a book I should read, just because it's good, anyway. Never too late to read the ones I should have read as a kid.

Andy wrote: "Yeah, Mrs. Frisby isn't what I'm looking for. This might be a story called "Health Food" by W. R. Thompson. Now all I have to do is find a copy of the May 1987 Analog."

Here, for $3.

Michele wrote: "Andy wrote: "Yeah, Mrs. Frisby isn't what I'm looking for. This might be a story called "Health Food" by W. R. Thompson. Now all I have to do is find a copy of the May 1987 Analog."

Here, for $3."

Thanks. I used google books to find a brief excerpt and confirmed that this is _not_ the right story (though it is one I've read). The search goes on.

Bump.

Bump.

Bump.

Lab rat-ish bump.

What's the range of years over which this would have been written/published?

Mid 1970s through mid 1980s, I think.

Here's a link to a mention of something that might be the same story http://kennedysdisease.groupee.net/ev...

I think I found it. "The Man Who Cured Cancer" by Carol Deppe, from Amazing Stories in 1986 - these excerpts https://books.google.com/books?id=jnw... match my friends description pretty well, but I'm waiting to hear from him before I close this out.

Confirmed as solved

Amazing Stories May, 1986 (Volume 61) edited by George Scithers for the GR link.

Kris wrote: "Amazing Stories May, 1986 (Volume 61) edited by George Scithers for the GR link."

Thanks.