Title: In Class activity: Cancer and Cell Cycle
Course: Biochemistry > Section: Week 4 - Unit 1_7: Cell Cycle Regulation

Purpose

To establish how the cell cycle relates to cancer

Over to you

Read through the click (go to the animation) and the open resource about the cell cycle and go to paragraph cancer and cell cycle.

Answer the questions below.

Activity

Answer the following questions:

-        Cancer is the result of an improperly regulated cell cycle. Describe two reasons why cells can form tumors?

-        Normally, proto-oncogenes stimulate the cell cycle. What are oncogenes and how do they affect the cell cycle?

-        Normally, tumor suppressor genes inhibit the cell cycle. How do mutated tumor suppressor genes affect the cell cycle?

Submit answers in the LMS by end of week 4