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Proteins 101: Structure and Their Roles in Cancer
You may already know proteins as the molecules that can help build muscle. That’s true, but proteins do far more than that. They act as enzymes to speed up reactions, defend the body as part of the immune system, and regulate nearly every process that keeps cells alive. Proteins also play a big role in…
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DNA: The Blueprint that Shapes Life
All living organisms on Earth have something in common: DNA. DNA is the genetic material that tells our cells how to make proteins and RNA. These molecules help carry out almost all of the tasks required for life. Even though almost every cell in your body contains the exact same DNA, cells can look and…
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Mutations: How Tiny Changes in DNA Can Have Big Effects
Every organism has a blueprint, known as DNA. This is a set of instructions that tells cells how to function, grow, and replicate. However, what happens when this blueprint gets edited? These edits, called mutations, can be neutral, beneficial, or even deadly. In this article, we will explore what mutations are, how they happen, the…
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Fighting Brain Cancer: Why a Key Therapy Fails in Glioblastoma, and the PhD Student Studying It
Table of Contents: Opening Cancer is usually defined as a disease of uncontrollable growth, caused by mutated cells that turn against the body. What I learned was that it is just as good at hiding from the body and using immune system mechanisms against it to survive. Megan, a second-year PhD student in molecular cancer…