The Gene Factor:
Genes and Cancer

This general reading on the connection between genes and cancer focuses primarily on how genes control the cell cycle. In most science programs, the cell cycle is a topic usually studied in a biology course. However, you must remember that the agents that control the life of cells are actually chemical in nature. This reading describes the process only in generalities, and, may be appropriate in either a biology class or a chemistry class.

For more information, at other Web sites...

The Genetics of Cancer — a module discussing genetics as it relates to cancer, with excellent illustrations and photographs of cancer tissue samples, from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Genes and Disease — contains extensive information on the connections between genes and health, including diagrams of specific chromosomes connected to specific diseases, from the National Institutes of Health.

Genetics and Cancer — contains information on many topics, including BRCA genes, from OncoLink^® at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.