SIO523: What Cancer Actually Is, Part 1 (with Dr. Eric Jaffe)

Serious Inquiries Only by Thomas Smith

Jul 28, 202656:05Education

Part 1! Dr. Eric Jaffe , the biology teacher who keeps naming proteins after cartoon characters, returns for a two-part cancer deep dive. Today: what cancer actually is at the cellular level, why elephants barely get it,...

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