BIO 4310 - Cancer Biology

Credits: 3 hrs

This is an exciting elective course emphasizing the important and current concepts in cancer biology and cancer genetics. It will educate students on various genetic and molecular changes normal cells undergo during transformation into malignant cancer cells. These modifications include unregulated cell proliferation, evasion of cell death and metastasis. This course will describe the factors that contribute to cancer development and discuss cancer prevention and currently available therapeutics. Prerequisite(s): BIO 2301, BIO 1315 or BIO 2302 with a grade of “C-” or better