GPLS 790 ADVANCED CANCER BIOLOGY

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of cancer from diagnosis to treatment as well as the latest research discoveries. The course begins with the biology of cancer cells, the stages of cancer and the types of tumors, and ends with topics related to animal models for studying cancer. Lectures include tumor suppressors, oncogenes, signal transduction, disruption of growth control networks, DNA damage, oncopharmacology, drug design, robotics, and common forms of cancer. Required for all molecular and cellular cancer biology students.