- Cancer is a multifactorail genetic disease
- Also called a complex or polygenic genetic disease
- Cancer occurs when cell duplication is uncontrolled
- Many treatments are available but are very dangerous
- The goal is to kill or remove the cell from the body
- Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are some of the ways that cancer can be treated
- The treatments are very risky and sometimes the cancer is too far along that it can’t be altered or removed
- New studies suggest a link between genetic testing and cancer screenings.
- Based on errors in DNA replication, cancer may be recognized
- Problem found on multiple chromosomes making it more difficult to find a treatment
Monday, January 25, 2010
Cancer vs. DNA
Monday, May 11, 2009
Vonnegut
During writing he doodled on the sides of old manuscripts which soon turned into a full on hobby later until he eventually presented a one-man show at the Margo Fiden Gallery in Greenwich Village, premiering on October 15, 1983.
He soon began finding writing increasingly tedious and painting much more fun.
Extraordinary Events that occurred to Vonnegut as a child and may have influenced his writing:
- While he was home on leave, his mother committed suicide on Mother’s Day of 1944.
- He survived the Allied bombing of Dresden while a prisoner.
- His brother-in-law died in a train crash and only hours later his sister died of cancer.
http://www.vonnegut.com/artist.asp
He attended Cornell University for 2 years, Carnegie-Mellon University and Tennessee University both in the next year, and then the University of Chicago from 1945-47.
He married Jane Marie Cox in 1945 and later divorced her in 1979 to marry Jill Krementz.
http://www.vonnegutweb.com/
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Blog #10 Quarter 2
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Blog #9 Quarter 2
Like I mentioned in my previous blog, Mr. Norrell doesn't like the idea of other magicians in the world and I personally find it quite funny that he is so insecure that he needs to get rid of all the fake magicians, who don't even have a hope at doing magic, away from England to therefore boost his standing among others. I also predict that Vinculus will surely be back, because he just seems to be popping up back in the story and I don't think they can leave him alone for the rest of the book (Just like I also think that Mr. Segundas must not have disappeared either because he seemed to be the main character in the 1st few chapters, he was there so much). Also Childermass somewhat gives me the impression that he is much more than just a man who handles some of Mr. Norrell's affairs. He seems too clever and just too mysterious to be just that, so I think that we will be seeing a lot of him also in upcoming chapters.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Blog #8 Quarter 2
One thing that I found amusing in the book is how Mr. Norrell is so boring to everyone and he even knows it so he keeps Mr. Drawlight and Mr. Lascelles with him at all times and they make small talk with all his visitors, boast about Mr. Norrell's achievements, relay Mr. Norrell's opinions on magic, and they also keep his guests entertained. It's like these two are Mr. Norrell's very own publicity agents!
Not only is Mr. Norrell very boring, but he is also very selfish. He claims to want to bring back magic to England and yet it is mentioned a few times how he doesn't want other magicians in England. So how exactly can he claim to want to restore magic to England? And are all his followers that blinded by his power that they don't see his selfishness and how he doesn't REALLY want to bring magic back to England? It's like they want to support him just because of his power and fame, not his ideas or morals and even though his supporters try their hardest to stand by and follow his supposed "want to bring magic back to England" he doesn't even stand by this idea. It's quite confusing and I don't really think that Mr. Norrell can really be the protagonist of this novel anymore because he seems to have more characteristics of an antagonist. So I think that Mr. Norrell either has to change drastically or another hero must have to appear somewhere in the novel.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Blog #7 Quarter 2
I also mentioned a few posts back how the author spells choose, chuse, well she also spells a few other words differently, like:
- sopha = sofa
- surprize = surprise
- shew = show
- stopt = stopped
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Blog #6 Quarter 2
In the next few chapters of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Mr. Norrell gets more used to
We also see the first mention of Jonathan Strange in the book in a footnote at the bottom; he is referred to as Mr. Norrell’s pupil. However, I think that it will be a while until we hear of him mentioned again because as you may have been able to guess this is a very slow moving book. I also think that even though Mr. Norrell is starting to become more acclimated to the