Individual
Assignment 3 Instructions
The global community is plagued by
increasing incidence of leukemia; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; lung, colorectal,
breast, pancreatic, prostate, liver, ovarian, and esophageal cancers. Other
types of cancer exist but are less frequent. What is the scientific community
doing to attempt to eliminate the most common forms of cancer that are ravaging
society?
1.
Read the course text chapter on cell
division, specifically the last section on how cells become cancerous. This is
context for completing Individual Assignment 3.
2.
Watch the Presentation Ways to
Fight Cancer. Notice that the presentation outlines essentially 3 approaches
to fighting cancer: a) reduction of cancer risks, b) correction of cancer
genes, and c) destruction of cancerous tissue.
3.
Open the 10 Discoveries in the War
on Cancer document in the Assignment Instructions folder. Study the
discoveries.
4.
Reflect carefully on discovery 1. Would
this discovery be more useful for a) reducing cancer risks, b)
correcting/restoring cancer cells to normal, or c) destroying cancerous tissue?
After number 1 in your list, place the letter representing the approach to
fighting cancer that would best be
served by this new discovery. Place only 1 letter for each number. (More than
1 approach may be served, but which one is most likely to be helped most
significantly?)
5.
Repeat this analysis for each of the
remaining 9 discoveries. Return to the Ways to Fight Cancer presentation as
needed for additional perspective. When finished, your assignment should be a
numbered (110) list of letters (a), (b) or (c).
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