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sherryillk) wrote2006-02-21 06:35 pm
sherryillk) wrote2006-02-21 06:35 pm
Yay!
I finished my MolecCell research topic during lunch! And now I'm free to study MolecCell! I'm so incredibly happy about this that it's absolutely wrong.
I chose to do telomerase in malignant cells! I found an entry in the book and I went from there to PubMed and did some cool research and was able to do my 1400 character topic! ^^
Basically my topic is the usage of anti-telomerase drugs as a way to kill malignant cells (because an integral part of cancer cells is their ability to divide an infinite number of times and in order to do that, telomerase must come into play to regenerate the telomeres or else the cell will die). So if telomerase is targeted, then telomeres will not regenerate and eventually lead to cell senescence. And my topic deals also with the ramifications of anti-telomerase drug usage in biological cells because even though adult cells don't have telomerase, germ cells do and could it be possible to mistarget? I hope it's not too narrow of a target... I mean it's only 3 pages so... I don't know. We'll see how it is...
Now I'm going to make some wonton noodle soup because I bought fresh wontons, fresh wonton noodles and my veggies are going bad. Yummy! (Except I've been kinda eating it for three days... ^^;;;)
I chose to do telomerase in malignant cells! I found an entry in the book and I went from there to PubMed and did some cool research and was able to do my 1400 character topic! ^^
Basically my topic is the usage of anti-telomerase drugs as a way to kill malignant cells (because an integral part of cancer cells is their ability to divide an infinite number of times and in order to do that, telomerase must come into play to regenerate the telomeres or else the cell will die). So if telomerase is targeted, then telomeres will not regenerate and eventually lead to cell senescence. And my topic deals also with the ramifications of anti-telomerase drug usage in biological cells because even though adult cells don't have telomerase, germ cells do and could it be possible to mistarget? I hope it's not too narrow of a target... I mean it's only 3 pages so... I don't know. We'll see how it is...
Now I'm going to make some wonton noodle soup because I bought fresh wontons, fresh wonton noodles and my veggies are going bad. Yummy! (Except I've been kinda eating it for three days... ^^;;;)