I don’t visit my own blog very often, so I did not notice until today that this post was not up. Apparently, I hit the preview button instead of the publish button.
I did not receive a response from the website. While I did not expect to, I was hoping that maybe my question would be attention-grabbing. Interestingly enough, I learned many of the answers to my questions through the responses to my own discussion post and those of others. I still went to a few websites just to verify the information and found some great information on the American Cancer Society website. Not only did it verify what my colleagues had already told me, but it also provided more information I had not considered. Tumor suppressor genes keep cell division under control, and when these do not work properly, tumors can develop. Reading through this information and gathering more information on my own probably made a bigger impact than just having someone provide the answer for me.
American Cancer Society. (2009). Oncogenes, Tumor Suppressor Genes, and Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/geneticsandcancer/oncogenesandtumorsuppressorgenes/oncogenes-tumor-suppressor-genes-and-cancer-mutations-and-cancer
