Cancer (cries in agony)

Hey guys! SuperSara here. Today, were talking about cancer (sigh). Sad topic. BUT, it has to do with cell division, which we are learning about, so yeah! Lol, anyways, let's talk about cancer.

                                  

  Cancer starts with your DNA. If a little chip breaks off, and your body can't fix it in time, your cells will go into overload and make tons of new cells, having to do with cell divison. These new cells can either create a:

• Benign Tumor- Benign acutally means "harmless". This tumor is just where some cancer cells get together and form a lump. If you have one, your doctor will just take it out through surgery, and you'll be fine.
• Malignant Tumor-  This tumor, well, spreads, it can get in your blood stream, and is very dangerous. If you have a malignant tumor you can either get an MRI (where they take pictures of your spine), or chemotherapy (where they put on you on strong, cancer fighting drugs) this may work, but there's little hope.



Malignant tumor in the brain



                                       

Benign tumor in the arm

    Cancer pretty much sucks. It's hard for everyone, beacuse sometimes theres very little hope. "You have cancer" are the three words NO ONE wants to hear. To prevent cancer you can:

• Exercise!
• Eat your veggies!
• Go to your doctor!
• Don't smoke!

 
  If your parents, or your parents parents, (or even your parents parents parents for that matter) have cancer than you may have an increased risk.

                                           

If you want to learn more about cancer, visit some of these links.
Jalens Blog
Teemy Bear's Blog
Kevin's Blog

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Mitosis!!!

  Hey SuperSara here! Were going to be talking bout mitosis today! Yay! Here is a cool video  to watch before I start yapping... SO WATCH IT. Just kidding, but you really should.

  Soooooooooo, Mitosis. You just saw each stage, but let's just forget about prometaphase. *WHOOSH!* It's gone! Now let's add interpahse. Just put it in the beginning.  So in order:  Interpahse, Prophase, Metaphase, Anapahse, and Telopahse.  Mitosis takes one cell and turns it into two. Mitosis made you. Your dad gives you 23 chromosomes, and your mom gives you 23 chromosomes. Thus giving you 46 (haha "thus").  When mitosis is done, you have two new, shiny, daughter cells. I don't why they are called daughter cells and not son cells, so don't ask!

  Interphase: Not really a stage of mitosis. But, an important part in a cell's life cycle. It's the longest part in the cell cycle where  DNA replicates, centrioles divide, and proteins are produced. 

Prophase: In this phase, the nucleolus fades and chromatids condense into chromosomes.

Metaphase: Chromosomes line up in the center of the cell.

Anaphase: Spindle fibers shorten and the chromatids are pulled apart and begin moving to the cell poles.

Telophase: The chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell, two new nuclear envelopes form, and the chromosomes uncoil. Viola! Two new daughter cells!

  Sorry Guys, no video! Hope you still enjoyed! SuperSaraSuperBye!