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    Cancer Gene Detection

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    Cancer Gene Detection 11/06/12 Laboratory Report Objective(s) – The purpose of this experiment is to help students gain an understanding of p53 tumor suppressor genes and its role in familial cancers. Also‚ we evaluated p53 in cancer. Hypothesis – If the DNA has bits and particles‚ which are p53 hotspots being cut‚ than that means that cancer has been detected. Techniques & Skills – The skills that are required for this laboratory experiment is that we must exercise extreme caution when

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    I am a sister. I am a dreamer. I am a brain tumor survivor. I am Lauryn I never imagined that life would lunge the biggest curveball towards me. October 24th‚ 2011 is a day that will haunt me for the rest of my life. During the mid year of 2011 I observed that coffee colored spots were appearing on my body and I noticed that my headaches were extremely painful. I would always complain to my mother about these observations but since I am known in my family to be a “drama queen”‚ my mother refused

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    Testicular Cancer

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    Researchers also found that men who smoked marijuana are doubling their risk of testicular tumors compared with men who passed on grass. In addition‚ their tumors grow at a more rapid pace than normal as well as being more resilient to fight. She also found that the use of marijuana affects their fertility and general health. As a matter of fact‚ Cortessis also found that the

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    Compare and contrast tumour suppressor genes and proto-oncogenes. Discuss an example of how recent advances in our understanding of these genes have led to the development of a novel therapy that is being used in the treatment of human cancer. Cancer known in medicine as a malignant neoplasm is one of the biggest killers worldwide. In 2007‚ cancer caused roughly 13% (7.9 million) of the planet’s deaths (Jemal‚ 2011). This will more greatly affect an aging society such as ours in years to come‚ and

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    Amajala et al Journal of Drug Delivery & Therapeutics; 2012‚ 2(4)‚ 85-89 85 Available online at http://jddtonline.info RESEARCH ARTICLE METHYLATION 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

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    Investigating the effectivness of PVA and PVAc as base polymers In the production of a polymer ball. Introduction A monomer refers to a specific group of atoms that from a molecular unit. When monomers are strung together like a long chain they form polymers. A good analogy of polymers‚ would be long connections of chains which become tangled like a bunch of spaghetti in a pot. The reason for experimenting with‚ and understanding polymers is because they play such a major roll and are found

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    P53 is a tumor suppressor gene‚ which usually stops cell division from occurring. This gene is very important during the G1/S checkpoint because it stops cell division from occurring if damaged or dangerous genetic material (DNA) is found. It then signals for enzymes‚ which are used to repair the damaged component of the DNA‚ which then allows cells with repaired DNA to divide. When DNA can’t be repaired‚ then the cell goes under apoptosis (death of the cell). However when this gene is turned

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    properly can be used as a remedy‚ but if used wrong it could be taken in the wrong context and separate you from others. Not everyone is able to use it appropriately though. When Jimmy came to telling his wife about the cancer he referred to his tumor as a baseball‚ in both size and shape. Not only that‚ Jimmy used his humor negatively. “No really. I told her to call me Babe Ruth. Or Roger Maris. Or maybe even Hank Aaron…”(2) This referred to fact that when Hank Aaron was about to

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    DNA. Monoclonal antibodies are important reagents in the treatment and diagnosis of disease. They have been used for diagnosis of pregnancy‚ detection of presence and concentration of drugs in the blood‚ histocompatibility assay‚ and detecting shed tumor antigens. They are antibodies that are mass produced in a laboratory from a single clone that recognizes only one epitope of a single antigen. Recombinant DNA is DNA that has been created artificially and codes for a specific desired protein for harvest

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    Superantigens

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    released as a result of this increased activation of T cells and may even induce toxic shock. This Toxic Shock Syndrome is due to Staphlyococcus aureus‚ characterized by “erythematous eruption and high fever”. An important cytokine molecule‚ TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha)‚ is secreted amongst these cytokines and plays a vital role in the inflammatory response of the body. An over secretion of TNF-alpha may result “endothelial and vascular smooth muscle changes‚ which manifests as hypotension‚

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