L & S C30Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Theodor Boveri, Henrietta Lacks, Zygote
22 May 2017
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Humans used to be powerless against so many diseases: not anymore! You"re protected: but cancer is a different story. Cancer has been with us for a while: on the antiquity of cancer: evidence of metastatic carcinoma in a young man from ancient nubia. Most common cancer: in men: prostate, in women: breast, in both: lung and bronchus, some are more severe than others. Patrick swayze: requiescat in pace died at 57. Farrah fawcett: requiescat in pace died at 62. 3 things you can do now to prevent cancer: don"t smoke, wear sunscreen. The drug enters the brain and messes with the pleasure receptors in the brain: vaping? less harmful than smoking. In uk, government has taken the position that vaping is an effecting public health measure against smoking tobacco. How does the sun give cancer: uv of sun directly hits dna and messes with it. Theodor boveri, 1895: founding father of cancer genetics, experiment with sea urchins, expt.
