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MICROBIO 160 Lecture 17: Microbio 160- Lecture 17- Breast Cancer

1 in every 8 us women will develop breast cancer. Best way to avoid death by breast cancer is early detection through mammography. Mammography is now s

MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Radiation Therapy, Biopsy, Chemotherapy

Estrogen programs breast and uterine tissue growth. Treatment isn"t always necessary for a particular type of cancer. Estrogen and hormones regulate bo

MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Marlboro Man, Nicotine, Insecticide

By 1964, the surgeon general came out with a report that smoking is harmful- causes cancer. Once this fact came out the percent of people who smoked in

MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Tumor Suppressor Gene, Colorectal Cancer, Colonoscopy

People have between a 4-6 percent chance of getting it in their lifetime. It"s the second most common cancer after lung cancer. Basis of all cancer is 

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Not for credit toward major. How cancer and AIDS begin and progress. The roles of individual cells, the immune system, mutations and viruses. How various physical and subtle factors influence one's chances of getting cancer. How to not get AIDS. The principles of vaccine development and why AIDS presents special difficulties. Established and new medical treatments for cancer and AIDS. What cancer and AIDS can teach us about health, healing, disease, living, and dying.  (Gen.Ed. BS)

Biology of Cancer and AIDS

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