Microbiology 160 - Biology of Cancer and AIDS

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Mitchell Walkowicz

M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM

UMass Amherst
48258
Mahar room 108
mjwalkow@cns.umass.edu
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)
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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