Question

This topic's discussion focuses on cancer. You should pick a certain scientific aspect of cancer, either from the chapter or something that you look up, and elaborate more fully on it in order to help with the class understanding of the topic. Be creative in coming up with different topics concerning cancer. You shouldn't have any difficulty at all looking up scientific information on this topic. The biggest problem may be in keeping the discussion scientific and making sure that you provide scientifically valid websites for your postings. Makesure to use outside resources and quote them in the paragraph as well as the end. Do not post another answer that has been on here or anywhere.. thank you

Answer 1

Cancer is uncontrolled growth of the cell which is abnormal. It can happen in any part of the body. Abnormal cells are called as tumor cell. These cells have the ability to invade other cells of the body. In the cancer, process of normal death that is apoptosis stop.  

There are some difference between normal cell and cancer cell

1. Cancer cell are less specialized than normal cell. Normal cell have ed a tendency when they become mature they get differentiated into different types of cell whereas cancer cells do not have this property.

2. Cancer cell ignore the signal of normal death I. e apoptosis.  

3. Cancer cell are able to influence the nearby blood vessels, normal cell.

4. Cancer cell are able to attack immune system of the body. Although immune system, recognized cancer cells but some time SC one cancer cell are able to hide themselves from immune system .

The protooncogenes, DNA repair gene and tumor suppressor genes are called as driver of cancer.

Refrences:

1. www.sciencedaily.org

2. Japanese journal of cancer research

3. National cancer institute.