Explain/Teach These Concepts to a Friend

1. Explain and give examples of three broad classes of molecular mechanisms by which the uncontrolled cell growth characteristic of cancer can arise.


2. Explain how standard growth factor signaling pathways transmit extracellular growth signals into a cell proliferation response.


3. How does microarray analysis work? What information can it provide? What are its drawbacks? (This will require some background reading beyond the lecture.)