Harold Washington College Cancer and Biology Discussion
Address the following
How does a normal cell become a cancerous cell? What has to happen to it?
The video resources above focus on the telomerase enzyme role in cancer development. Explain the connection between telomerase activity and cancer.
- The textbook essay focuses on a mutation that can happen in white blood cells that leads to blood cancer, leukemia. Explain the connection between BCR-ABL mutation and leukemia.
- Propose a scenario where telomerase and BCR-ABL proteins are active in the same cell.
