LS4208 : Cancer Biology (Spring 2015) | Academic Portal of IISER Kolkata

Details of LS4208 (Spring 2015)

Level: 4

Type: Theory

Credits: 3.0

Course Code	Course Name	Instructor(s)
LS4208	Cancer Biology	Tapas Kumar Sengupta

Syllabus
Introduction to Cancer Biology: Definitions, Classifications, Nomenclature Hallmarks of cancer: Six hall marks of cancer and brief discussion on them, Steps of cancer progression Introduction to oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes Retro-virus and cancer Growth factors and anti-growth factors and receptors related to cancer Cell cycle and Apoptosis Telomere and telomerase Chromosome instability and epigenetic regulations Angiogenesis, Metastasis, Tumor immunology Cancer therapeutics

Syllabus

Introduction to Cancer Biology:
Definitions, Classifications, Nomenclature
Hallmarks of cancer:
Six hall marks of cancer and brief discussion on them, Steps of cancer progression
Introduction to oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
Retro-virus and cancer
Growth factors and anti-growth factors and receptors related to cancer
Cell cycle and Apoptosis
Telomere and telomerase
Chromosome instability and epigenetic regulations
Angiogenesis, Metastasis, Tumor immunology
Cancer therapeutics

Prerequisite

References
The Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg, 1st edition (2006), Publisher: Garland Science.

Sl. No.	Programme	Semester No	Course Choice
1	IP	2	Elective
2	IP	4	Elective
3	MR	2	Not Allowed
4	MR	4	Not Allowed
5	MS	8	Elective
6	RS	1	Elective
7	RS	2	Elective