Thursday 19 April 2018

The Emperor Of All Maladies: Cancer



800,000 DNA modification event per cell per day

Unrepaired DNA: Cancer 

Repaired DNA: No Cancer

Nobel Prize: DNA Repair Mechanism






Example: Mismatch Repair Mechanism



Mismatch repair markers: MSH2, MLH1, MSH6, PMS2, PMS1



Gene Products in Mismatch Repair 
(hMLH1/hMSH2/hMSH3/hMSH6)
 (hPMS and hPMS2)

Mismatch Repair (DNA repair in E Coli)


Gene products in Mismatch repair mutated in HNPCC (Lynch Syndrome)

E Coli To Human Model

Lynch Syndrome Model



Mutation in mismatch repair genes: Tumorigenesis



Lynch Syndrome

Model to Real World Cancer Dynamics


Similarly Failure in the spectrum of DNA repair mechanism lead to

Big C

Cancer



Cancer Therapy deals with tumour suppression and no repair mechanism





Writer Doctors

Siddharta Mukherjee talks about Cancer 




Pulitzer Prize for writing the Biography Of Cancer


Siddhartha Mukherjee on Cancer

Ancient connection between Cancer and Depression

Positive attitude does not cure any Cancer



Cancers are alike in a unique way



Medicine: Hope is not absolute. It is not that simple


Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind


Most discoveries today are a combination of serendipity and of searching 




Making Happy Discoveries whilst looking for other things

Serendipity








































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