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BIOL404 - Oncogenes and Cancer

Module co-ordinator : Dr. B.R. Barraclough

Location	Life Sciences 5th Floor
Times	Thursday, Friday: 09.00, also Wednesday, weeks 22 & 23

Week	Lecture	Content
13		Dr. B.R. Barraclough Introduction and aims Study skills helpful for the course.
13-15	4	Dr. J.A. Smith Introduction to growth factors and their receptors Growth factors and the control of growth Growth factor receptors. Intracellular signals. Tutorial: growth factors and relation to cancer.
15-16	3	Dr. M.R.H. White Introduction to viruses including HIV DNA viruses RNA viruses Human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus.
17-18	4	Dr. C.D. Green Introduction to oncogenes Assays for oncogenes Oncogenes and normal cellular genes Anti-oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes. Tutorial: Viruses and oncogenes (+ Dr. M.R.H. White)
19	2	Prof. P.S. Rudland Introduction to the biology of human cancer Biology of human cancer Classification of human tumours
20	1	Mr. J. Winstanley (Consultant Surgeon, NMGH) Cancer: the view from the clinic
20-23	7	Dr. B.R. Barraclough Oncogenes and human cancer DNA damage and cellular mechanisms for its repair Mutations in the development of leukaemias/Burkitt’s lymphoma Mutation and the common cancers Tumour suppressor genes Metastasis Gene transfer and deletion techniques in the development of experimental models of cancer. Oncogenes and apoptosis. Review of the course. Feedback; the examination
23	1	Dr. C.D. Green Hormones and Cancer
23	1	Dr. B.R. Barraclough Review of the course. Feedback; the examination

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