BIOL 3308 - Cancer Biology

Credit(s): 3

Survey of topics relevant to the biology of cancer, including cancer epidemiology, viral causes of cancer, the genes and metabolic pathways behind cancer development, the role of DNA damage in cancer, events leading to metastasis and methods of treating cancer, including the development of targeted therapies.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1306, BIOL 2361, BIOL 1313 or permission of instructor