BYU iGEM/Notebook/24 January 2011 24 January 2011 - Can internal
biomarkers be used by our E. coli if the cells die and are found
in the stool? - What biomarkers are common to most colon
cancers? - What are the stages of cancer development and how
much do signals/biomarkers change through the stages? -
ROS/ROM's ... do they reach the environment? What causes them?
Are they a good signal? - Anatomy and pathophysiology of the
cancer? What is a polyp? Where does it dump things out? Is a
polyp made only of cancer, or is it made of mixed cells? And Or
Gate Switches Various Gates-AND,OR,NAND,XOR,NOT Various
promoters How to get best combined response from two inputs
Colon cancer begins as normal colonic epithelium which can
develop into an adenomatous polyp which can further develop in
to an invasive cancer polyp-abnormal growth of tissue projecting
from a mucous membrane Polyps are an early warning for colon
cancer. There are two types of colon cancer: 1.adenoma-pre
malignant polyp 2.hyperplastic polyps-rarely for