BIOL 304 Assignment 6 and Discussion Questions(4-5 sentences)

BIOL 304

Biology of Cancer

Assignment #6

1. What is recombinant DNA, and how is it used for genetic engineering? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are some of the methods used to determine genetic profiles? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the difference between genomics and proteomics? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Name 3 different types of screening methods for cancers and the type of cancer they detect. How does each work? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What is the difference between a false negative and false positive? Include an explanation of how each relates to a cancer diagnosis in your response. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What are at least 3 different types of surgical procedures used for removing cancers? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What are 3 different types of radiation therapies used in cancer treatment? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Name at least 3 different types of chemotherapeutic drugs and the types of cancers they are used to treat. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________