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Documentary of Cancer Biology
This 11-minute narrated animation—a part of Emory University's CancerQuest, a website devoted to the biology, detection and treatment of cancer—provides an overview of the complex processes by which certain mutated cells grow unchecked, transform into cancerous cells, and migrate to other parts of the body. The animation explains the key differences between normal and cancer cell division and describes gene mutation, oncogenes (defective genes involved in cancer cell growth), tumor suppressors, angiogenesis, cell migration, cell death, drug resistance, and other important topics in cancer biology. Viewers can select a particular topic and watch the video associated with it. All material presented in the videos is supported by extensive text, references, and additional graphics on the CancerQuest website.
Cancer Biology
This documentary explains how a group of "misbehaving cells" can cause the same kinds of problems in a human body that a defective part would cause in any other machine.
Media: Flash MultimediaProgram Director: Patricia Ann Marsteller, Ph.D.
Award Years: 1989, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Summary: Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Its HHMI-funded initiatives include:
- The introduction of new interdisciplinary courses and approaches that have helped reform the undergraduate science curriculum;
- The SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory) program, which has placed and mentored more than 1000 students since 1990 and acted as a catalyst for an international research program;
- The HHMI Curriculum Development Fellows program, which gives selected graduate students and postdocs the chance to help develop new courses, problem-based learning materials and supplemental instruction for introductory biology, chemistry and mathematics courses;
- The formation of collaborative communities of current and future faculty, undergraduate students and high school teachers to improve science education in metro Atlanta schools; and
- The development of Web-based interdisciplinary curricula, such as CancerQuest and Cases Online.