K20 : Survival of the Fittest: How Cancer Adapts to Metabolic Stress


Students Rafael Gacesa
School IND - Hillfield Strathallan College - Hamilton
Level Intermediate 9/10 - Grade 9
Group Group 3 - Health Sciences II
Abstract The purpose of my project was to test two brain cancer cell lines (Medulloblastoma, Glioblastoma) in different oxygen tensions, (Normal, Moderately Low, Low, Severely Low), and see how it's growth pattern changes and monitor specific genes to see how these affect the growth of the cancer.