20 002 - Metakaryotic Biology and Epidemiology

Institution:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Description:

Integration of biological stem cell hypotheses and mathematical models of age-specific mortality. Introduces amitotic metakaryotic stem cells that drive organogenesis and wound healing. Discusses topics such as the role of metakaryotic mutator fetal/juvenile phenotype in generation of preneoplastic lesions and lethal tumors, and non-canonical metakaryotic genome organization, replication and segregation in human tissues, tumors and tumor-derived cell cultures. Studies the relationship to age-specific cancer and other disease rates observed in human populations.

Credits:

2.00

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Prerequisites:

Prereq: None

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

web.mit.edu/student/

Phone Number:

(617) 253-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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