Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Dna Virus, Tumor Suppressor Gene, Apoptosis
15 Apr 2013
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President nixon declared war on cancer in 1971: some cancer has declined but not dramatically, cancer are complex, very hard to solve, harder than flying into space. Epigenetic regulation of learning and memory by drosophila ehmt/g9a. In canada, men are at higher risk cancer than women: women contract cancer is 40% and 27% die, men contract cancer 45% and about 30+% will die from cancer. The top four cancers are: breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer. Heritability estimates from twin studies: where does cancer fall on the list . But it is on the low end, 0. 27 0. 42. Embryogenesis rapidly dividing cells: cyclin/cdk (inase) complexes regulate cycling. G1/s check point, stop cell from duplication. Activiated cdk2 phosphorylates target protein for g1/s. There are 2 more of these cyclin to control the other 2 check points. They think they found the gene that cause cancer.
