Microbiology 160 - Biology of Cancer and AIDS
Fall
2013
02
4.00
Mitchell Walkowicz
M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
34870
Not for credit toward major. How cancer and AIDS begin and progress. The roles of individual cells, the immune system, mutations and viruses. How various physical and subtle factors influence one's chances of getting cancer. How to not get AIDS. The principles of vaccine development and why AIDS presents special difficulties. Established and new medical treatments for cancer and AIDS. What cancer and AIDS can teach us about health, healing, disease, living, and dying. (Gen.Ed. BS)