On Thursday, we reviewed the videos about cancer and telomeres that we watched the night before. We then had a whiteboard "sesh" and continued to take a quiz.
Here is a brief breakdown of what we talked about.
Proto-Oncogenes: Proto-oncogenes are genes that code for proteins and help the cell's growth and development.
Oncogenes are proto-oncogenes that have been mutated so that they now have the potential to be a cancer cell.
Tumor suppressor gene: A tumor suppressor gene is a gene such as p53 that regulates certain checkpoints throughout the cell cycle to help prevent cancer cells from reproducing.
Ras gene: Ras genes code for ras proteins that signal when cells to divide or grow at appropriate times. Ras genes can be modified to keep checkpoints on so cancer cells can then grow and divide.
After this we then went on to continue research for our cancer papers.
Cancer is a really interesting topic because it is amazing how much the technology has changed.
Just four days ago, on January 7, 2014, scientists discovered a protein called MCL-1 that when disabled, can limit cancer's growth and ultimately disappear.
The MCL- 1 Protein
Its amazing to think that scientists have attempted to thwart cancer since the 2nd Century, when a Roman doctor named Galen wrote several books regarding cancer that are still alive today.
All info comes from:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/cancer-breakthrough-researchers-discover-key-protein-20140107-30ffp.html
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-surgery
Then meet our Apoptosis cell (Suicidal cell), Swaggy C
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