BIOL304 Week 2 Hallmarks of Malignant Cells Essay

BIOL 304 Maryland University Week 2 Hallmarks of Malignant Cells Essay

Week 2 Discussion

Discussion Topic 1:

In your own words, explain how cancer cells differ from normal cells in regard to the following:

1. Telomeres, which are products of telomerase enzyme 2. Cell to cell communication 3. Apoptosis 4. Molecular controls of the cell cycle (include Cdk and Cdk/cyclin complexes, p53 gene/protein, Rb gene/protein in response)

 Discussion Topic 2:

In your own words, explain each of the hallmarks of cancer below:

1. Immortality 2. Produce go signals 3. Override stop signals 4. Resist cell death 5. Angiogenesis and how it relates to metastasis (more details about these in upcoming week). Which of these hallmarks of cancer do you think would be the ultimate targets for cancer therapy and why? Read and respond to one classmate's post to see if you agree/disagree on this, and justify why you agree/disagree.