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What controls cell growth Objective: To study limits on cell growth and why cancer occurs in cells
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What controls cell growth? Cells will typically divide until they are touching When your skin is torn the cells will divide until they are touching again healing
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What tells cells to divide Cyclin- protein that regulates timing of cell cycle (in eukaryotes) Internal Regulators- proteins that respond to an event inside the cell
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What tells cells to divide cont. External Regulators- Proteins that respond to an event outside the cell Growth Factors- important during embryonic development and wound healing Also helps prevent excessive growing
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Uncontrolled cell growth Uncontrolled cell growth- cancer Cancer cells do not respond to signals that regulate normal cell growth Cancer cell- form tumors- cancer cells break loose from tumor and spread throughout the body
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Uncontrolled cell growth Some cancers are due to a problem with internal or external regulators Most cancer cells have a defect in the P53 gene Causes cell to lose info needed to respond to signals that would normally control growth.
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Cancer Stats. Most common cancer in US Skin cancer Cancer that kills most people in US Lung cancer Both are preventable in most cases 1/3 people are likely to get cancer
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