Biology
Cancer starts as a genetic mutation in a few cells. The mutation can be due to radiation or some genetic problem. The cells then reproduce without stopping. The cancer cells find a place and then continue to reproduce until they create a tumor. The image below shows how cancer cells divide nonstop, compared to normal cells which divide when given a special hormone. This is a helpful representation to a tumor on the last stage of the cancer cell division.
- Double Blasted
In this podcast, I learned about a man who survived two nuclear bombs and lived until an old age. Both accounts he was about a mile away. During a nuclear bomb, the gamma rays attack DNA and a mutation occurs. As far as the scientists know, nuclear blasts...
- #31 Control Of Cell Division, Stem Cell, Haploid And Diploid Cells
Each cell contains genes that help to control when it divides. Cells divide by mitosis only when required. When receives signals from neighbouring cells, it responds by dividing or not dividing. If this control goes wrong, cells may not divide when they...
- Cancer
Term: cancer Origin: Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used the Greek words carcinos" and "carcinoma"...
- Week Seven: Cell Biology And Cancer
Western Approaches to Cancer I think the Western approach to Cancer is very unsophisticated. There are too many anomalies to believe that we have the whole story. Why do some patients survive when they are not expected to, and the other way around? It...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....
Biology
Intro to Cancer
Cancer starts as a genetic mutation in a few cells. The mutation can be due to radiation or some genetic problem. The cells then reproduce without stopping. The cancer cells find a place and then continue to reproduce until they create a tumor. The image below shows how cancer cells divide nonstop, compared to normal cells which divide when given a special hormone. This is a helpful representation to a tumor on the last stage of the cancer cell division.
- Double Blasted
In this podcast, I learned about a man who survived two nuclear bombs and lived until an old age. Both accounts he was about a mile away. During a nuclear bomb, the gamma rays attack DNA and a mutation occurs. As far as the scientists know, nuclear blasts...
- #31 Control Of Cell Division, Stem Cell, Haploid And Diploid Cells
Each cell contains genes that help to control when it divides. Cells divide by mitosis only when required. When receives signals from neighbouring cells, it responds by dividing or not dividing. If this control goes wrong, cells may not divide when they...
- Cancer
Term: cancer Origin: Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used the Greek words carcinos" and "carcinoma"...
- Week Seven: Cell Biology And Cancer
Western Approaches to Cancer I think the Western approach to Cancer is very unsophisticated. There are too many anomalies to believe that we have the whole story. Why do some patients survive when they are not expected to, and the other way around? It...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....