BIOL 3308 - Cancer Biology

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): General Genetics and laboratory (BIOL 2303/BIOL 2103)
A study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of cancer including cell cycle regulation, genomic instability, cellular structural and metabolic changes, aberrant cell signaling and the cancer stem cell hypothesis. Drug development, drug resistance, and ethical considerations in cancer research and treatment will be discussed.