Normal cells and cancer cells - Walter Bodmer’s 1984 Christmas Lectures 5/6

In his fifth lecture, Walter Bodmer explains how we can apply genetic engineering techniques to the viruses which we know to cause cancer in animals. This was recorded on 5 Dec 1984. The body contains many different types of cells, in the blood, skin, brain and elsewhere, all with their own individual properties carrying out their particular functions. The growth and behaviour of cells is controlled by "actors that regulate their performance. When this regulation goes astray then cancer may develop.

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