Today we started covering chapter 12, on the connection between genes and cancer.
We discussed the relation between mutations and tumors, both, benign and malignant (cancerous). The main kinds of genes that have a direct connection with tumors are tumor suppressing genes, and proto-oncogenes.
We mentioned study cases relating breast and colon cancer, cases in which different genes have been associated with particular modes of progression of the disease (or diseases).
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