What is a cancer, how does it develop and what mechanisms do we have to treat it

Writing Assignment: As a general education course, each student will be responsible for completing a writing assignment. It will be graded on content, clarity, & thought process (50%), grammar (15%), correctness of facts used (20%), and if it follows instructions (15%). Requirements include: no more than 1 inch margins, printed in 12 point Times New Roman normal font, single spaced, and the main content should be more than three full pages long. If this is your second time taking the course, you will need to write a new paper; I will not accept previous assignments again. An additional page should be included which lists sources used. These sources should be referenced in your paper, and annotated according to CSE style. For suggestions about CSE style rules you may refer to http://library(dot)osu(dot)edu/sites/guides/csegd.php or http://library(dot)duke(dot)edu/research/citing/within/cse.html (I've also created links to these in Canvas. You must have at least 3 sources. Please use reputable sources such as scientific journals or textbooks. Please do not plagiarize. Plagiarism is in violation of the university's honor code. It is best if you read over your sources, and then put them aside when you write your paper. That way it will be easier to express the information in your own way. If you do directly cite a source, be sure to include it in quotations. Either Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or RTF (rich text format) file types are acceptable. Write your paper as if you were teaching the other students in the class about that topic. You may choose your own topic, or you may elaborate on one of the example topics from the list below. When writing about a controversial subject, be sure to explore BOTH sides of the argument. 1. Discuss the Hypothesis-Driven Science. 2. Discuss the difference in a Prokaryotic cell and a Eukaryotic cell. Describe the major components of a Eukaryotic cell and explain their function. 3. Discuss Darwin's observations & conclusions. 4. Discuss the characteristics of water and how those are beneficial to life. 5. Describe an atom and an isotope, and the relationship between them, and their uses to mankind. 6. Define an acid, base, buffer, and pH. Describe the pH scale. Describe how these are important in living organisms. 7. Explore the four macromolecules of life. 8. Describe the method of cloning, and the ethical arguments involved 9. Explain catabolism & anabolism & their uses.. 10. Explain dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis. 11. Describe human body organization. What is homeostasis and how is it achieved? 12. Describe chemical energy. Discuss kinetic and potential energy and how it relates to life. 13. Explain what are enzymes and their roles. 14. Discuss the chemical cycling between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Describe the role of oxygen in cellular respiration and explain the consequences because of its role or lack thereof. Describe the role of electrons in cellular respiration. 15. Pros and Cons of Vaccines & how they work. 16. Evidences and Rebuttals of Global Warming. 17. Describe and differentiate between the two different light reactions. Discuss the water saving adaptations of some plants. 18. What is a cancer, how does it develop and what mechanisms do we have to treat it? 19. Describe, compare, and contrast between mitosis and meiosis. Why are both important to life? 20. Explain Mendel's Laws. Explain how Incomplete Dominance, Polygenetic inheritance, and Sex-Linked Genes differ from the Laws. 21. Describe the process of: DNA replication, Transcription, Translation. Describe how DNA unpacking, transcription, RNA processing, translation, protein modification, and protein breakdown can regulate gene expression 22. Describe Recombinant DNA technology, DNA fingerprinting, and human gene therapy. 23. Describe population evolution (micro/macro). 24. Discuss population ecology & how it effects the environment. Discuss the different type of inter- specific interactions in an ecosystem. Discuss the type of impact humans have on the environment & give examples from the book.