PROFILING OF TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES INVOLVED IN LUNG CANCER * Krishna Chaitanya Amajala‚ Vishwanath A‚ Kaladhar DSVGK and Bhaskar Reddy I Department of Bioinformatics & Biochemistry‚ GITAM Institute of Science‚ GITAM University‚ Visakhapatnam-530045‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India *Corresponding author’s Mail: chy2ak@gmail.com Received 27 M ay 2012; Review Completed 03 July 2012; Accepted 11 July 2012‚ Available online 15 July 2012 ABS TRACT The causes of cancer are due to mutations of key proteins involved
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breathing is Lung. There are two lungs in our body. The average size of the lungs is 11 in. All adult humans lungs are about the same size‚ but larger than a kid’s lungs because the adult body is bigger than a kid. The normal lungs have an average weight of 234g (s+/-39). The average pair of human lungs can hold about 5 litres of air. Approximately‚ human breath 24480 times in a day. The lungs are in the front of the chest and are locate beside the heart but heart is in the middle of two lungs. The lungs
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I still remember the day like it was yesterday‚ when I got the news about my mom being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Back then when I was in the seventh grade‚ there was not really much to know about it but that when someone had cancer they would die. My mom being the closest person to me and her being the only parent that was by my side‚ thinking that she no longer would be. When this time came there was nothing else for me to do but step into my mother’s shoes of becoming the most responsible
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on in order to influence our thinking and evoke emotion. The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation one of many organizations that try to influence smokers to consider the harm they are causing themselves and to others through the use of their advertisements. The anti-smoking ad I have chosen from the Roy Lung Cancer Foundation‚ convey their message effectively through the use of subtexts and scare tactics. Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation’s anti-smoking ads are designed to be minimalistic‚
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a higher risk on the development of many diseases‚ including several kinds of cancer (3-5). Recent studies have been shown that people with a BMI above 25 kg/m² have an increased incidence of developing endometrial‚ colorectal and postmenopausal breast cancer. In addition‚ people with a BMI above 30 kg/m² has also an increased incidence of developing esophageal‚ thyroid‚ renal‚ gallbladder‚ pancreatic and ovarian cancer as well as multiple myeloma‚ non-Hodgkin
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Hannah Hanson NUTR 121 Cancer Essay William Li and Angiogenesis- Can we eat to starve cancer? It is miraculous to me that we can answer‚ “yes” to the question above. Before this video I hadn’t heard of any advancement in the medical field involving cancer‚ not to this magnitude. William Li mentioned that cancer needs a blood supply to thrive and become larger‚ but without this blood supply the tumor would dwindle down eventually into nothing. He also mentioned that we‚ humans‚ get several
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Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs Be Used as Donors for Lung Transplants College Writing‚ GE201 April 10th‚ 2013 Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs be used as donors for lung Transplants With the extreme shortage of vital organs for transplantations‚ research continues to decrease mortality rates of patients waiting for organs while on transplant waiting lists. While researchers found that receiving a lung from a donor with a smoking history correlated
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Cancer Awareness There are a lot of tough diseases in the world but the most common one is cancer. It’s a disease that attacks the body cells dangerously by spreading inside the body destroying the immune system. It’s also known as a malignant tumor that stops the the cell growth and invade the whole body. It’s a serious disease that considered as the main reason of death for humans. However many people had survived it. It can be cured if it was discovered earlier. Lately research has proved that
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that are killing thousands and thousands of people‚ year after year. With the help of a five million dollar grant‚ I believe we should focus our efforts on cancer. Cancer‚ the second leading cause of deaths in America‚ continues to hinder many lives(mayo). People are losing their loved ones to this horrific disease‚ which still lacks a cure. Cancer used to be most common in elderly people but its impact on children and young adults is what makes it a major issue and catches my attention. I will use
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Getting diagnosed with cancer is just about the worst kind of news anyone can get. Approximately 38.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life (1). Unfortunately it seems that the majority of people don’t have a comfortable understanding about what this disease really is‚ what the available treatments are‚ and how they work. Cancer is most definitely always fatal‚ unless caught in time and treated properly. Just by taking a look at the statistics‚ it’s easy to
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