Summary Of Adam Marcus's Presentation

Adam Marcus`s presentation on cancer research fits into what we are currently learning about in many ways. We are currently learning about mutations and how they can affect an individual or population and Dr. Marcus kept talking about mutations. Dr. Marcus also talked about sequencing DNA, which we have also been learning about. Dr. Marcus and his team are researching a cure for cancer. Cancer is not just caused by one mutation, but by multiple mutations stacking on top of one another. If you can find the mutation that is at the bottom the stack and remove it, all of the other mutations fall down. Dr. Marcus made many key points in his presentation. One key point is that no one cure works for everyone, each major cure only works on about