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Mastering Cancer Biology - a Comprehensive Course
Rating: 3.7 out of 5(12 ratings)
86 students
Last updated 12/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Synthesize Information from Diverse Sources to Differentiate Different Cancer Pathogenesis Pathways
  • Identify the Core Hallmarks and Forces of Cancer Progression and Metastasis
  • Differentiate Recent Cancer Biology Research and Therapies
  • Develop skills in data interpretation, critical thinking, community, and accountability through in-class/lab learning

Course content

4 sections11 lectures16h 3m total length
  • Lecture 1 - Intros, Tumors, Death, History I1:13:17

    Explore the history and biology of cancer, including mitosis and tumor dynamics, and the development of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapies.

  • Lecture 2 - History II, Genes, Trials, Causes, Surgery1:13:07

    Trace cancer history from tobacco and infections to genetic drivers, screening milestones, and targeted surgeries, therapies, and resistance, including Ames test, Her2, Gleevec, and immunotherapy.

  • Lecture 3 - Viruses, Cells, Genes, Oncogenes, TSGs1:24:15

    Explore how viruses drive cancer by viral gene transfer, how cells shift from anchorage dependent to metastatic, and how oncogenes, tumor suppressors, and epigenetic regulation propel tumor evolution.

Requirements

  • Introductory Biology I & II, Genetics

Description

This course will allow you to learn classical and modern Cancer Biology through multidisciplinary perspectives. You’ll explore tumor treatment history, genetics, metabolism, plasticity, evolution, cellular dynamics, and therapeutic futures where we can fight all of these forces. We’ll be able to explore a myriad of interdisciplinary topics because Cancer is one of the most interconnected sub-disciplines as well. Special emphasis will be placed on principles that carry real-life and/or medical relevance. This was is designed to be comprehensive, serving as an excellent resource for undergraduates, medical post-graduates building more knowledge in preparation for key courses and clinical rotations, and Biology experts seeking to grow their expanse.


Your purchase includes 16+ hours of Comprehensive video lectures, 10 final exam questions, and all PDF key info slides.


Life is a special phenomenon, possibly unique to this single planet in a massive universe. The emergence of life, consciousness, and creativity from non-living matter is one of the most important processes to ever occur, but these processes come with a price. There is no other force as powerful as the combined weight of Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology borne by tumors. They truly are the emperor of all maladies, haunting us as we speak. We cover the key historical details alongside the primary Biological mechanisms that make this disease the worst one in existence.


How we can apply our unique gift as humans to do the most good is more important than ever. Our future needs leaders that understand Cancer Biology for this to take place, especially in the age of misinformation. This class seeks to take you through and then beyond the books to explore what about life, humanity, and everything in between makes this world special, granting specific attention to the dark forces carried inside each of us.

Who this course is for:

  • Intermediate Biology learners that want to face the most complicated disease set known to medicine