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Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer
Course Subject Code
MB
Course Number
425
Course Long Title
Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer
Status
    Active
  
Division
    Natural Sciences
  
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
    Block Seminar
  
Instruction Mode
    Traditional
  
Grade Modes
    Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
  
Course Description
In his 1966 Nobel lecture, Peyton Rous described cancer as follows: “Tumours destroy man in a unique and appalling way, as flesh of his own flesh which has somehow been rendered proliferative, rampant, predatory, and ungovernable. They are the most concrete and formidable of human maladies, yet despite more than 70 years of experiment study they remain the least understood.” It goes almost without saying that we’ve come a long way in our understanding since 1966. This course will examine the molecular and cellular hallmarks of cancer. In addition to the discussion of seminal and recent primary research articles, this course will include mini-lectures, a writing assignment, and studentpresentations or a creative project. Lecture/Discussion.
Required Requisites
any 300-level course in Molecular Biology or Consent of Instructor.