Knowing that the content from weeks 1 and 2 will be on the 1st exam, reflect on the content from these 2 weeks and respond to the prompt below. The intention for this discussion is that peer collaboration will enhance your understanding of concepts that are “foggy” right now.  

Prompt:

The concept(s) that I am struggling on the most from the material in week 1 and/or 2 is/are….   

If you feel you have a good mastery of all content thus far, you do not have to create a post but rather respond to a post (1 minimum) of a classmate who is seeking clarification about a topic by providing an explanation in your own words or providing an additional resource that you found helpful in explaining the topic he/she is seeking clarification on.  (So 1 post only this week, either an original thread or a response to a classmate’s thread).

1. Read Chapters 1 and 2 (through page 17) in this resource to overview cancer statistics, the 6 hallmarks of cancer, as well as cell cycle related processes that could lead to cancer.

http://csbc.org.cn/DragonStar2019/download/2018/introduction-to-cancer-biology.pdf

2.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Xh7OFkkCE 

3.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhQllh46yI