Anton PeBenito
12/5/14
Bio 100 Section-09
Lynne Dowdy
Soy Products Good or Bad for Cancer?
Cancer is a disease that has been an ongoing controversy on what can help to prevent getting it. Cancer is when cells are dividing at an uncontrollable rate. Cancer is developed when cancer cells go into lymph nodes and also when they take over the blood vessels, lymph nodes are when there is swelling the the lymphatic system. With the cancer there is swelling which is called a tumor. Tumor is when there is swelling in the part of the body that is not caused by inflammation, but is caused by a large group of abnormal tissue cells. There are two different types of tumors. There is the malignant tumor which is a tumor that can be cancerous which is when the cells divide at a faster rate, and can also take over tissues. The other tumor is a benign tumor, which is a noncancerous and could be removed, and it cannot take over any near tissues. Genes play a big role in cancer itself. Cancer happens when a gene is mutated and changed, and when the gene becomes mutated it becomes abnormal. Because it is not a normal cell, its a mutated cell which makes it more cancerous. One gene that is a cancerous cell is a proto-oncogene which is a normal gene, but if it is mutated or changed it becomes a oncogene which is then now a cancerous cell and then divides into multiple different cancerous cells that can affect one 's body. The proto-oncogene can escalate if mutated into a cancerous cell. Which
What are some of the things that come to mind when you think of cancer treatments? Perhaps you envision some sort of chemotherapy treatment, or a bottle of expensive pills used to target specific genetic mutations that may have caused the horrid disease to develop. While these treatments have been proven to save some of cancers victims, research suggests that there is a natural cure that deems promising in curing cancer.
Cancer is a term used for diseases in which irregular cells divide without any control and have the capability to penetrate and infect normal body tissue through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the United States, exceeded barely by heart disease. According to the CDC Cancer Statistics and Data, there were more than 1.45 million people diagnosed with various kind of cancer between 1999 and 2007 and out of those more than 562,000 people died due to cancer (cdc.gov, 2012). Currently there are more than 200 different types of cancer that have been discovered. Cancer could be
Cancer refers to a collection of related diseases caused by abnormal, uncontrolled cell division. It can develop and potentially spread to almost any kind of tissue in the body, and each type of cancer is caused by its own set of genetic mutations that influence its behavior.
For some years now there has been quite a bit of controversy as to whether the non-stick Teflon coating on pots and pans is actually harmful to humans. However, more recent there has even been rumor that this marvelous invention that every kitchen maid loves, may actually cause cancer. So how much of this is fact, and how much is just myth?
Cancer is the development of faulty cells and is caused by mutations in the DNA of the cell which make it defective. Normal cells have methods to prevent cancer cells from forming, such as tumor suppressor genes but sometimes cancer can bypass these methods and grow out of control, forming tumors. If the cancer cells come into contact with the lymphatic system or circulatory system, it can travel to other parts of the body through them and cause cancer in those areas of the body too. Once the cancer has spread throughout the body it leads to death within a few years as the cancer takes over the healthy cells. Mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes can cause liver cancer, which can be slowed down with treatments
A cancer cell is formed when the cell’s DNA is damaged but not repaired. Instead of the cell dying, like a normal cell, it reproduces new cells which also have the damaged DNA that the original cell had. Factors that can cause a cell to be damaged are mistakes during the reproduction of the cell, environmental reasons, such as smoking or too much sun exposure. The cancer cells form tumors which then invade the tissue of a certain body part, like the breast, lungs, brain, or prostate. Cancer can spread sometimes from body part to body part, but is named from where it starts. For instance, if somebody were to be diagnosed with breast cancer, and developed cancer in their lungs, it would be metastatic lung cancer. Metastasis is how cancer can spread to other body
Light weight industrial oil is an unstable, viscous combination of compounds created from processed crude oil. This compound is used in the lubrication of mechanical parts in an industrial setting. Although crude oil is composed of organic material it does contain aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons which are toxic and have in some instances have been linked to cancer. Some industrial oils are more viscous (light) than others depending on their intended design and use. The lighter the oil the more rapidly they evaporate which in turn leave a less tarry residue after spills.
Cancer is the most prevalent public health challenge worldwide, hence becoming the second leading cause of death in 2013 (cite!). The illness develops when abnormal body cells survive and new cells grow, which are to replace old and damaged ones (cite!). Healthcare professionals associate cancer prevalence with risk factors such as smoking and obesity (cite pg#87) and according to research studies, one in every three individuals will develop cancer (cite!). Such statistics correspond to the occurrence of cancer in the United States, with prostate cancer affecting 105.3 per 100,000 people nationwide (cite!). For the past decade, cancer drugs have increased from $10,000 in the 1990s to $100,000 by 2012; therefore, many patients may die because
Common features among all types of cancer are metastasis, redirecting blood flow, unregulated cell proliferation, genomic instability and hiding from the immune system. The most dangerous aspect of cancer is that the disease can turn metastatic. 90% of cancer deaths come from metastasis (13). Metastasis is when somatic cells of the body have mutations in the genes that control cell placement. For example, if someone develops lung cancer, several cells in the tumor may leave the lung because the regulatory proteins that keep cells in place are no longer being made. This cluster of cells can travel to any part of the body and start to make tumors there. This is why someone can have lung cancer, but have tumors in their brain. In addition, tumors redirect blood flow so the cancerous cell population can stay alive. Furthermore, unregulated cell proliferation is when cancer cells divide despite signals to stop, and this is what causes tumors. Additionally, genomic instability is when your genes are in the wrong order in your genome. Your genome is all of your genes put together. If you think of a gene as an instruction to build a car part, the genome is the instruction manual to build the car. In cancer, cells have faulty instructions for cell
on Earth consume one bowl of white rice every day, but white rice cannot provide enough amount of Vitamin A. The scientists at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Institute for Plant Sciences have produced “golden” rice which comprises a high amount of beta-carotene (the orange-color pigment and precursor of Vitamin A). The scientists worked more than 10 years on creating “golden” rice (Verna 6). Unfortunately, as Deborah B. Whitman points out in her article “Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful, or Helpful?”: “. . . , the grant that funded the creation of this rice strain was not renewed, perhaps because of the vigorous anti-GMO food protesting in Europe, and so this nutritionally-enhanced rice may not come to market at all” (3).
Benzene, a leading cause of cancer, is among the most used and most dangerous chemicals across the globe. It's used for the creation of many materials such as rubbers, plastics, pesticides, lubricants and much more. When swallowed or inhaled, benzene has been discovered to be the common cause of a variety of tumors. Breathing in high levels of benzene can have a great impact on the nervous system and may lead to headaches, confusion, dizziness, and sometimes
Cancer is often conceived as a single disease. The general idea of cancer deals with the proliferation of cell division amounting into tumors. The cause of cancer and how it’s treated is what scientists have spent decades trying to understand. In recent decades, scientists have been effective in characterizing the “hallmarks” of cancer and better understanding the disease through the use of molecular biology techniques. Additionally, scientists have been successful in understanding the influence that environmental factors and genetics play in the progression of cancer. Cancer is now understood to be caused by the mutation of genes leading to the activation/inactivation
Cancer is a disease that occurs because of a gene that has an abnormal gene function. Genes do many wonderful things in your body such as tell you when to get rid of dead cells, control your skin and hair color, and can also affect your chances of getting certain diseases, like cancer. Every cell in your body has a copy of every single gene that you have, even though they may use different genes. An abnormal change in a gene is called a mutation, there are two ways to get a mutation. You are either born with this mutation or you acquire it.
How would you feel if harmful, potentially disease causing substances enter your body every time you eat your favorite bag of chips, or when you were eating that tasty bowl of cereal in the morning? Well thanks to genetically modified foods, that is not a made up story, but a reality. Every time you eat a genetically modified food, there is an increasing chance that harmful, disease causing substances will get inside of you and infect you with a disease. These diseases can be as deadly cancer! Many countries have already started to ban genetically modified foods and the United States should be the next country to do so. This essay will explain to you why eating modified foods
Cancer is a kids of diseases which is the cells divided abnormal and uncountable. That cells can invade to other tissues of human’s body through blood and lymph systems.( MediLexicon International) Cancer is the general term of that disease, actually is not just one disease. There are more than a hundred different types of cancer. Those kids of diseases are most orinage by the organ.