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Cancer biology

This class was created by Brainscape user Antonella Naumova. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Antonella Naumova
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Lecture 2 - tumourigenesis
What are the four main types of c...,
Describe the general progression ...,
What types of cancer causing muta...
7  cards
lecture 3 - oncogenes
What is the definition of a proto...,
How was the src oncogene discovered,
What are the molecular details ex...
12  cards
lecture 4 - tumour suppressor genes
What is the definition of a tsg a...,
What are the main classes of tsgs,
What is the function of brca1 2 a...
9  cards
lecture 5 - leukaemias
What are the aims of targeted can...,
What are the approaches for targe...,
What is leukaemia and how can it ...
14  cards
lecture 6 - cancer stem cells
How did the cancer stem cell hypo...,
What is the definition of self re...,
What are some characteristics of ...
13  cards
lecture 7 - angiogenesis and metastasis
What are the stages of cancer dev...,
What are the stages of the metast...,
What is angiogenesis and what are...
17  cards
lecture 8 - Immunotherapy
What principles are immunosurveil...,
How do tumour neo antigens arise,
What are the three phases of canc...
21  cards
lecture 9 - novel targets
What is the definition of epigene...,
What are the main epigenetic mech...,
What is the role of histone acety...
11  cards
lecture 10 - antimetabolites
What kind of enzymes do antimetab...,
What are the four main groups of ...,
What is folic acid required for a...
12  cards
lecture 11 - spindle poisons
Describe the structure of microtu...,
Describe microtubule dynamics,
What is the role of gtp gdp in mt...
10  cards
lecture 12 - alkylation
What is alkylation,
What is the process of nucleotide...,
What are the two forms of ner
13  cards
lecture 13 - new chemo targets
What are some examples of chemoth...,
What strategies could we potentia...,
How can o 6 methylguanine dna met...
13  cards
lecture 14 - Bleomycins
What is bleomycin,
What is the structure of bleomyci...,
How do bleomycins induce dsdna cl...
9  cards
lecture 15 - Intercalation and new targets
How can dna topoisomerase ii be t...,
What is an important side effect ...,
What is the definition of interca...
5  cards

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