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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Inside Cancer: How Genes Influence Cancer Development
This online course explored the fundamental principles of how genetics influences the development and spread of cancer.
4 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Momna Hejmadi
Senior Teaching Fellow
University of Bath
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Summarise the risk factors in cancer development
- Explore the genetics and epigenetics of cancer, particularly the influence of genes involved in oncogenesis, apoptosis, angiogenesis and metastasis
- Discuss the role of cancer stem cells and immune cells in cancer development
- Explain the rationale underlying cancer therapies and the challenges in cancer treatment
Syllabus
- What is cancer and why do we get it?
- How rogue cells behave: oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes and apoptosis in cancer development
- Genetic pathways to cancer: angiogenesis, metastasis, cancer stem cells and immune cells in cancer development
- Diagnostics and treatments: success and challenges of traditional (radiotherapy /chemotherapy) and targeted (immunotherapy) approaches
Issued on 16th December 2019
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