Biology of the Cancer Cell: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Implications

Harvard FAS

This semester-long course will take you on a molecular-level exploration to examine the basis of human cancer - from a deep dive on genetic aberrations in a cancer cell, through signaling pathways, to big picture cellular and organismal perspectives on cancer. Some of the main concepts we will cover include cancer genetics and epigenetics, tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes, signal transduction, DNA damage and repair, angiogenesis, metastasis and invasion, apoptosis, cancer stem cells, and…