Brion Randolph is an oncologist (cancer doctor), as well as a musician, tennis p

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Brion Randolph is an oncologist (cancer doctor), as well as a musician, tennis player, and runner. As you will learn below, his interest in cancer stemmed from some early experiences looking at medical images in a radiology lab. Dr. Randolph performs research regarding innovative treatments and diagnostic techniques for cancer, recently authoring a paper titled "The role of next-generation sequencing to integrate identified genomic alterations into cancer treatment decisions in gastrointestinal tumors."

1) click here to listen to Dr Randolph's podcast about becoming interested in science and medicine (https://soundcloud.com/the-story-collider/brion-randolph-curiosity-saves-the-cats)
2) Then, click here (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/doctors-study-tumors-genetic-makeup-to-guide-cancer-treatment/2015/03/09/d1e3cc78-a0e7-11e4-9f89-561284a573f8_story.html?utm_term=.e3abd186a660)Links to an external site. to read a Washington Post article discussing the topic of Dr. Randolph's research - genomic sequencing or "tumor profiling" in cancer
3) Finally, review the animation on DNA damage and cancer by clicking here (https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-your-dna-is-damaged-monica-menesini)Links to an external site..

1)   What was most interesting or most confusing about these three resources?

2)   What can you learn from these resources about genes, DNA, mutations, and cancer?

3)   What do these resources tell you about the types of people that do science?

4)   What new questions do you have after reviewing these resources?

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1) The most interesting about these three sources is

2) The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Because DNA provides the blueprint for the proteins your cells need to function, this damage can cause serious issues—including cancer. Fortunately, your cells have ways of fixing most of these problems, most of the time.

The cancer and other diseases are the result when this repair and fixing mechanism fails.

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