Genetic+basis+of+disease+and+Cancer


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Describe your Topic below: We would like to know what the driving force is behind cancer & what makes cancers differ genetically.



Brainstorm what you know and what you would like to know:

__ It is a genetic disease that affects the digestive system. Most likely, it affects the colon. The disease has symptoms of diarehia, vomiting, loss of blood due to blood in stool, also possible anemia. May other side effects can occur due to the disease. __
 * = ** What we (think) we know ** ||=  ||= What we would like to know / understand ||
 * __ Ashley-Ulcerative Colitis __

__Amanda: Breast Cancer __ __Breast cancer is caused by a mutation in the BRCA1 & __ __BRCA2 genes. People with this mutation are more likely __ __to also develop ovarian cancer. __

Anna – Down Syndrome __ I really don’t know much about this disorder which is why I picked to research it. __ __ This disease has to do with the 23rd chromosome; it has more than two pairs __ __ on that chromosome. Also, it has to do with mental __ __ retardation; people with Down syndrome are typically slower than others. __ ||  || I want to find out the genetics of Ulcerative Colitis. Also, I want to know possible causes of the disease and if there is a possible cure for the disease.

I would like to know if other cancers have specific genes like BRCA1 & BRCA2 & if not, why is this cancer different? & how can our knowledge of these genes help detect & treat breast cancer more efficiently.

I want to know the genetics of this disease such as how you develop it. Also, I would like to know how long people with Down syndrome tend to live and if it is hereditary. Lastly, I want to know how it is treated. ||


 * Craft a Driving Question: **

What genetically makes one cancer more aggressive than another? & how does this aggressiveness transfer between different cancers?

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Mr.V's Biology class cancer resource page New Diagnostic for Cancer: Yahoo News Link __National Cancer Institute (with Video)__**[|Genetics Of Breast Cancer]** [|Learn Genetics: Breast Cancer] [|Learning Genetics genetic diseases library] [|Vitamin D3 can help reduce your risk of breast cancer.] What I thought was really interesting about this article was that it mentioned that people who did get cancer who took adequate amounts of D3 had less aggressive cancer than those who didn't. What is it in vitamin D3 that affects the cancer?
 * [|BRCA1 & BRCA2]**__

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