Genetics
What are some causes of cancer?
Cancer can arise spontaneously, but can also be induced as aresult of environmental factors such as sun exposure and smoking.If you were in charge of allocating resources for cancerprevention, would you emphasize research on curing cancer, oreducation about cancer prevention? Explain your answer.
Although tobacco smoking is responsible for a large number ofhuman cancers, not all smokers develop cancer. Why is this?
Pick a specific tumor suppressor gene or oncogene and explainhow this gene can lead to or prevent cancer. Be sure to focus onthe mechanism of how your chosen gene impacts the cell cycle. Youcan alternatively pick a virus that has been associated with cancerand explain how that virus impacts the cell cycle and ultimatelyleads to cancer.
