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When Good Cells Go Bad

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Dr. Biology takes trip to visit Michael Berens, Adjunct Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and Senior Investigator at Translational Genomics Institute (TGen).

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Topic Time
Introduction - good and bad cells - cancer 00:00
What is a gene? 02:23
What is a genome? 03:51
Gene Therapy 04:31
Genetic Engineering 05:55
Translational Genomics 06:48
Where are the genes and genome located? 08:15
The Brain and Brain Tumors 08:37
What are the difficulties when trying to treat brain tumors? 11:41
What can translational genomics do for treating brain cancer? 14:24
What is TGen? 15:35
What does your lab look like? 17:23
What types of jobs are there in biotech labs such as yours? 19:14
Graphic artists 21:37
High school and college internship opportunities. 22:56
When did you know you wanted to be a biologist? 26:27
What would you do if you could not be a biologist? 28:10
What advice do you have for someone that wants to be a biologist? 28:58

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When Good Cells Go Bad

Audio editor: Charles Kazilek

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