MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: P53, Mitosis, Growth Factor

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MICROBIO 160
• Professor: Mitchell Walkowicz

Document Summary

Biology of cancer and aids 10/21/15: tobacco use. Smoking is more harmful than vaping because of byproducts from burning tobacco: but vaping makes nicotine intake easy. E-cigarettes: one e-cig = six or seven cigarettes, concentrations of nicotine range from zero to extra-high doses, nicotine levels are higher in e-cigs (6-24 mg) than in cigarettes (0. 6-2. 4 mg) E-cig liquid is not regulated; will be a bad batch eventually. E-cig safety is illusive doesn"t not help people quit smoking cigarettes. Plants grow nicotine as an insecticide (it"s a human poison) Ireland and wales - smoking in cars with children illegal starting october 1, First it moves to the lungs where it is absorbed into the bloodstream. The heart pumps it through the body, including the brain: nicotine easily moves from the bloodstream into the brain. 31. 9% of people who try tobacco get addicted. Inhale new nicotine brain releases dopamine falling blood nicotine level brain generates crave.