Midterm #2 Flashcards
The average cell divides…
50 times
For cancer to begin, the same cell must mutate about…
8-10 times
It takes about __ years for cancer to develop
20
__ and __ cancer have decreased in # over the years
Stomach; uterine
HeLa cells (1951)
Were found in a woman w/ uterine cancer (immortal cells in cervix) and could grow outside the lab – are now found worldwide (as they were sold by a now very rich man)
Have cancer death rates increased or decreased since the 1950s?
Neither, they’ve stayed about the same
p53 is…
An important “braking” protein responsible for apoptosis and 50% of tumours are related to the mutation of this protein
Oncogenes
Contain genetic information or instructions that are easier to mutate and change
Carcinogens…
a) Can alter DNA
b) Are a result of oncogenes
c) Target p53
a)
A viral infection can result in some cancers (e.g. cervical cancer) after targeting p53–cervical cancer can be prevented with what vaccination?
Guardasil
Cancer is hard to target selectively because of what two reasons?
(1) Cancer creates abnormal human proteins that are hard to create drugs for since (2) there are poor drug targets on these proteins to selectively destroy
What was the first drug used against cancer?
Mustard gas or nitrogen mustard –> mustine
Explain nitrogen mustard’s story
As a liquid it destroys tissue; once it was dropped in an air raid in WWII and liquid accumulated on the surface (like oil in water) and soldiers were covered in it - those who survived had a lower WBC count from DNA damage; this observation lead to the isolation of mustine, which targets fast growing cells in the body
What happened when an electrical current was passed through E. coli?
The E. coli stopped growing and clumped into one giant cell
What anti-cancer drug was discovered to inhibit cell division and recognize tumour cells’ metabolic differences from normal human cells in 1845 to 1978?
Cisplatin: C for Cell division
Where was Taxol found and what is it capable of for anti-cancer?
Taxol is found from yew bark (X and Y) and has 30% effectivity in breast cancer treatments; but this bark doesn’t produce a lot of Taxol, so now use European Taxus Baccata (Taxol Bark)
What Canadian lost his gold in 1998 Seoul from Stanozolol use
Johnson
Who was the first athlete to be tested positive for alcohol and lose the bronze medal (first to lose any medal from testing)?
Liljenwall (jen for gentle - alcohol is a gentle drug in society’s view)
How did the term “dope” come to be?
Dop (alcohol and mild hallucinogen) - Zulu
Doop - Africans
Dope - English
When water was thought to impede athletic ability, what did athletes often resort to?
Egg whites, adrenaline, alcohol, strychnine (faster stryde)
Adrenaline use turned into ________ use
Amphetamine
First recorded use of amphetamine in the Olympics was in __ by the __ team
1952; Norwegian speed skating
Methamphetamine’s side effects were feelings of…
fearlessness and anger; so, used in the air force
NB years
- Amphetamines first used in sports in __
- Restricted amphetamines in __
- Began testing in __
- Testosterone banned in __
- Blood doping was outlawed in __
- EPO’s recombinant protein banned in __
- 1952
- 1967
- 1968
- 1977
- 1986
- 1990
Amphetamine use - major injuries (2)
1) Jensen - skull fracture (Jensen jetted and joined the cycling team)
2) Simpson - heat stroke in Tour de France (Simpson - stroke)
Steroid transplant (testosterone)
Bull and dog testicle, testicle tissue, actual testicle transplant
Testosterone was discovered by …
K and McG (McGirth and Kink discovered testosterone) > inserted into neutered rooster