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Q: Explain the mechanism of warburg effect and how it benefits cancer cells.
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Q: Explain the mechanism of Warburg effect and how it benefits cancer cells
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Q: Explain the mechanism of Warburg effect and how it benefits cancer cells
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Q: What kind of systems have been developed to detect CSCs? Describe by giving examples. Please explain…
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A: Malignant cells are cancerous in nature.
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- Mark and label the locations of pluripotent stem cells, adult/tissue stem cells and somatic cells in the diagram to the right. What potency is the red cell on top?How can cell fractionation be used to determine cancer cells response to LPS and nanomaterials?“Cells under mild or moderate stress can revert to normal condition” explain the mechanism behind this?
- Name the six fundamental properties of malignant tumours. Which of these properties are amenable to study in a cell culture model of cancer and why?Explain the term hematopoietic growth factors (HGFs)?Which component of cell division machinery is frequently targeted by anti-cancer drugs? Can you explain the common side-effects of chemotherapy (e.g. hair loss, mucositis) based on this information?
- State the structure of microglia.(a) the cell cycle is divided into different phases (referred to as M, G0, G1, S and G2); Can you account for what happens during the different parts of the cycle and out of it is checked? ( b) What is the difference between apoptosis and necrosis? ( c) What are caspases and what is their function in the cell?Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are cancer cells (found within tumors or hematological cancers) that possess characteristics associated with normal stem cells, specifically the ability to give rise to all cell types found in a particular cancer sample. There are many biomedical engineering based approaches to detect CSCs. Question: What is the importance and advanatge of detecting CSCs? Please explain in detail
- "given the numerous processes inside cells that are regulated by changes in Ca+2 concentration, it seems likely that Ca¹²-dependent cell-cell adhesions are also regulated by changes in Ca2 concentration" is true or false.Describe and connect five different outcomes that could occur due to the loss of FMRP function in the cell in the figure provided.Discuss the principles that govern the presence and maintenance of stem cells both in vivo and in vitro? What is the current status of the technology, and its possible applications? What are the pros and cons of the technology, and how do these issues personally affect people?