HSS 2305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Interphase, Tumor Suppressor Gene, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2305
• Professor: Francois Cossette

Document Summary

14. 6 to 14. 11 the m phase (cell division): mitosis and cytokinesis. Topics of human interest: type 1 diabetes, lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus sle, arthritis rheumatoid, transplant rejection. Cell division allows the organism to add new cells for its growth and repair. Every couple of months, all of the skin cells on the surface of our body are sloughed away and replaced by new cells. Stem cells and cancer cells are well known for their ability to undergo many cell division rapidly, but often with dire consequences. Understanding the mechanisms of cell division and how the cell cycle is regulated is a key to potentially harnessing the power of regenerative therapeutics, as well as to keeping cancer in check. Instructions essential to cell division are located in genes. In multicellular organisms, life begins as a single cell (fertilized egg) and at that time, all cells undergo cellular division, being controlled by specific genes;