The cancer gene we all have - Michael Windelspecht

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
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    Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. Michael Windelspecht explains how these genes can sometimes mutate, making those cells less specialized and more likely to develop into cancer.
    Lesson by Michael Windelspecht, animation by Zedem Media.

Комментарии • 142

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire 9 лет назад +53

    I read an article years ago that said that the first multicellular organism on earth were almost identical to cancer cells, and that modern cells turning into cancer may be caused by a gene going missing or inactive, causing them to revert to an earlier evolutionary state.

  • @user-xh7zo4zd3l
    @user-xh7zo4zd3l 10 лет назад +15

    WOW, actually I'm korean, and I saw this video through korean version. I think the translation of this is veryveryvery wonderful. Maybe translator is amazing person. I will give him a big hand.

  • @grigorshah
    @grigorshah 10 лет назад +12

    Actually brca1 has much less effect in cell cycle control/reparation/cancer suppression than p53, cyclin dependent kinase genes such as CDK1-3, CDKL5 or p21 etc. But brca1 was selected as a sample to demonstrate how the system actually works...though the video is for general public and mentions not even 5% of the processes which take place in cells both on genetic and cellular levels.

    • @tomato-v8x
      @tomato-v8x 5 месяцев назад +2

      5% is pretty generous. I’d argue it’s not even 0.01%. And by the way - no such thing as a “genetic” level - that simply refers to on a molecular level, which includes nucleic acids and proteins.

  • @yomnamohamed8120
    @yomnamohamed8120 2 года назад +4

    Both my mum and brother died from cancer

  • @Junglist562
    @Junglist562 10 лет назад +40

    thank your lucky stars every morning waking up with no cancer.

    • @gloobstermcstinkwad3741
      @gloobstermcstinkwad3741 3 года назад +2

      I woke up with cancer

    • @minicented
      @minicented 2 года назад +2

      @@gloobstermcstinkwad3741 damn, sorry to hear that

    • @Moasmoas1234
      @Moasmoas1234 Год назад +1

      @@gloobstermcstinkwad3741 damn bro, i hope you get cured soon😔

  • @Euronius
    @Euronius 10 лет назад +18

    Everybody who's ever checked their symptoms online, has feared one time or another that he might have cancer. I guess those medical sites were right. We all might have cancer.

  • @anniezhao9448
    @anniezhao9448 9 лет назад +78

    WAS I THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT MY SCREEN WAS DIRTY?

  • @MagicOfDark
    @MagicOfDark 10 лет назад +4

    I like to think of it like computer networking. The sum check is used for error detection when transferring data, there is a low chance of it not catching an error but there are a few cases where the error won't be caught and the file being transferred becomes corrupted like it got cancer when copying itself from the host computer.

  • @Smokey94462
    @Smokey94462 10 лет назад +19

    I thought this was going to be more difficult to understand, it turned out to be pretty easy.

  • @HamzaElMouaffek
    @HamzaElMouaffek 10 лет назад +4

    I had an exam to day of biology molecular/Cytogenetic, and there was 2 question about that.
    Gatekeeprs (p53), and caretakers.

  • @PerOculos
    @PerOculos 10 лет назад +10

    Such useful information.

  • @thedogdarky
    @thedogdarky 10 лет назад +14

    Thanks TED-Ed, I really could use that info, and apparently I´m smarter than 3 minutes ago :D

  • @tehzarathustra
    @tehzarathustra 10 лет назад +3

    well, that was kind of depressing, yet reasonably informative
    thanks

  • @theohendricks8634
    @theohendricks8634 Год назад +2

    wow! What a sweet video! Keep it up ted

  • @theTdawgYo
    @theTdawgYo 7 лет назад +3

    How does crashing turn a car into a monster truck and how exactly is BRCA1 involved in regulating the progression through the cell cycle? But mainly how the monster truck got there

  • @vigneshkumar8210
    @vigneshkumar8210 6 лет назад +1

    awesome video and channel and teaching was very nice

  • @HoaVu-kp2ul
    @HoaVu-kp2ul 2 года назад +1

    Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

  • @Lucuskane
    @Lucuskane 10 лет назад

    This is a very complicated topic to cover in 3mins, BRAVO! ted-ed...conceptualize!

  • @giobasta6918
    @giobasta6918 10 лет назад +4

    my grandmother died of breast tumour at the age of 29. Maybe she had a faulty breast cancer susceptibility gene 1.

    • @armoredpumpkin8840
      @armoredpumpkin8840 3 года назад

      Uhhhhh..... grandmother at 29? So if you wrote that at 10, your mom had you at 13, and your grandmother had her at 13 then 3 years and she is dead. I don’t think that makes a lot of sense. I don’t think that is true

    • @someone-iy6km
      @someone-iy6km 2 года назад

      @@armoredpumpkin8840 bro r u ok ?
      His grandma died long a go not now

  • @FalconFastest123
    @FalconFastest123 8 лет назад +35

    Great vid and all but... why is every man in the vid in his underwear??

    • @GalluZ
      @GalluZ 7 лет назад +2

      Becuz this is TedEd. What do you expect? They made you cringe every single day

  • @dadad40
    @dadad40 6 лет назад +2

    Vraiment très intéressant. Par contre ça va trop vite avec les sous-titres et j'ai dû regarder la vidéo 2 fois.

  • @AbdullaBoRK
    @AbdullaBoRK 10 лет назад

    الله يجيرنا ويجير المسلمين

  • @luci4133
    @luci4133 10 лет назад +37

    wait question vsauce just made a video on cancer.....

    • @YouShouldRepeatThat
      @YouShouldRepeatThat 10 лет назад +7

      I noticed that too when I was checking my subscriptions. I guess cancer is just the topic of the day in the educational part of RUclips.

    • @luci4133
      @luci4133 10 лет назад +2

      YouShouldRepeatThat but it also happened last week...... vsauce made a video on the web and then so did ted ...... but that is another story

    • @samsamhuns928
      @samsamhuns928 10 лет назад +1

      Damn I was gonna ask the same question ted and vsauce uploading videos on the same topic

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  10 лет назад +41

      Hilarious! We love Vsauce. And they're both named Michael! Great educators think alike.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад

      I guess there’s only so many things to talk about, and it had to happen eventually.

  • @TritonLifeCsoport
    @TritonLifeCsoport 8 лет назад +3

    We find it interesting and useful, therefore we have translated it to Hungarian language.
    I would like to inquire whether it is possible to add the text file to the video?
    If so, I would like to send you the text file in order to attach it to the video.
    Thank you in advance for your reply!

  • @multilapse
    @multilapse 10 лет назад +1

    well done!

  • @whynot7018
    @whynot7018 10 лет назад

    Question 1) what causes the "cancer to cut the break lines"?

  • @lleon965
    @lleon965 7 лет назад +3

    so if failed tumor suppressors are hereditary does that mean (with all technicality aside) that if both parents had a weak one, their child would be more susceptible to cancer?

    • @subhanzulfiqar5768
      @subhanzulfiqar5768 10 месяцев назад

      I guess so, yeah... because either of the Brca1 gene needs to be dominant and the other recessive... if both of the inherited tumour supressing genes are weak, then the child will be more prone to cancer.

  • @falastini8
    @falastini8 10 лет назад +2

    We have two copies in each cell (one from the father, and one from the mother), but do we need both of them, or does only one suffice?

    • @subhanzulfiqar5768
      @subhanzulfiqar5768 10 месяцев назад

      We need both of them as a cell needs to maintain the same number of chromosomes (i think we receive half number of chromosomes from father and the other half from mother) but in a cell, only one gene from a pair is dominant (that means it shows its function) while the other is recessive (its function is masked by the other dominant gene). It is in nature's hand which gene will be dominant and which gene will be recessive

  • @MrMMAHouse
    @MrMMAHouse 10 лет назад +1

    GREAT
    NOW, teach us why some foods, radiation, magnetism, and stuff can increase chances of having cancer please!

  • @valentinaselektrikas
    @valentinaselektrikas 10 лет назад +1

    I heard that cancer is caused by dysfunction of cell apoptosis, not over speed of cell division? So which true is true then?

    • @Icemanc200
      @Icemanc200 10 лет назад

      Both are true. If an increase in rate of division (through mutations in specific genes like brca1) is compounded with the cells losing their ability to undergo apoptosis (through additional mutations in other genes) you're on your way to developing some real bad cancer.
      The truth of the matter is 5-7 things need to go wrong in the cell for an aggressive cancer to develop. If interested on what these are look up "hallmarks of cancer" by Wineberg. Here they mention but one.

    • @valentinaselektrikas
      @valentinaselektrikas 10 лет назад

      Banana Boy Thx for answer. Now I get it its more complex than I thought. I didn knew there is bad cancer and less bad etc...

  • @cousinsal1255
    @cousinsal1255 10 лет назад

    But how do we know the rate of a mutation, the chances of it occurring? Plz do tell

  • @Knifymoloko
    @Knifymoloko 10 лет назад

    Great video. Viva Ted and Co.!

  • @dewinthemorning
    @dewinthemorning 10 лет назад +2

    Are there also other genes that have a connection with cancer? Or is the BRCA1 gene the only one?

    • @javierxrtd
      @javierxrtd 10 лет назад

      Technically all genes can cause cancer, because if there is a malignant mutation in any gene, it can lead to cancer. Mutations happen since we are born until we die, but most of these mutations are silent and have no effect. Mutations in our genes give us diversity and some even help us evolve and adapt to our environment. Mutations are not all bad, but there are some very bad ones. But, mutations might happens spontaneously by a mistake during DNA replication or by factors that affect us every day like: UV light, Radiation, Water, Pollution and many other things. Our body is constantly fighting off bad mutations, our cells have mechanisms that clone or cells and evaluate those cells if they are 100% correct and are mutation free. If a cell gets cloned and there is a mutation in it, our own body gets rid of that malignant cell, but there are always mistakes, and anything can happen, so that is why we should love our bodies and take care of ourselves, because every cell in our body fights for us everyday until they die and we must not take that for granted. We have amazing bodies and we must be proud of them.

    • @cecilesrs5294
      @cecilesrs5294 2 года назад

      There is tp53 gene. I have it.

  • @TickedOffPriest
    @TickedOffPriest 10 лет назад +1

    Why did it become a monster truck?

  • @CaptivaLP
    @CaptivaLP 2 месяца назад +1

    p53?

  • @markarchy
    @markarchy 10 лет назад

    This will make some nightmares!

  • @khalilahmadi2037
    @khalilahmadi2037 10 лет назад +1

    Added to "Watch Later". Looking forward xd

  • @Alitari
    @Alitari 10 лет назад +18

    Why are the dudes only partially dressed, while the gals are fully dressed?

    • @blockdestroyer5892
      @blockdestroyer5892 8 лет назад +2

      if a dress is considered fully dressed than i dknt know life

    • @GalluZ
      @GalluZ 7 лет назад

      Cuz this is TedEd. What do you expect? They made you cringe every single day

  • @legolas35653
    @legolas35653 10 лет назад

    Can you please do Video on why we can't cure it and why it costs so much ? Thank you

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 10 лет назад +3

      I'm no doctor/scientist but i think the problem has always been effectively targeting the cancer cells without harming the rest of the body. We can target bacteria pretty effectively because they have completely different/unique cell mechanisms that we can exploit. The best solution we got at the moment for cancer is to introduce poison into our bodies in the hopes that it kills the cancer cells faster than it kills the healthy ones - which sucks a lot

  • @Robert6P6M
    @Robert6P6M 10 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the death anxiety.

  • @HowHighImHalfBaked
    @HowHighImHalfBaked 10 лет назад +1

    G. Edward Griffin a world without cancer

  • @jeffreybernath6627
    @jeffreybernath6627 10 лет назад +3

    WHEN DID MY SCREEN GET SO DIRTY??--- Oh, wait...

  • @mike9816
    @mike9816 10 лет назад +1

    I wish my moms brca1 didn't fail :(

  • @GUITARHEROBONES
    @GUITARHEROBONES 10 лет назад +1

    Shouldn't there be some sort of steroid to make all BRCA1 cells detect cancer cell at the start of their growth and never have one slip by and create a tumor

  • @taraandtommy9693
    @taraandtommy9693 6 лет назад

    I got a ted ad for this

  • @HoneyDubey23
    @HoneyDubey23 10 лет назад

    Take the BRCA test to find out if you have a mutation.

  • @rikshaawala
    @rikshaawala 10 лет назад

    Dam how many times did she say brca1?

  • @lagle8
    @lagle8 10 лет назад +1

    Vsauce just uploaded: Why don't we all have cancer?

  • @Pendoza84
    @Pendoza84 10 лет назад +1

    So gimme more of that geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

  • @EnviousWingDings
    @EnviousWingDings 7 лет назад +2

    I'm scared now.

  • @theamazingbandgeek
    @theamazingbandgeek 10 лет назад +4

    Potentially? More like commonly. :(

  • @profanelogistics
    @profanelogistics 10 лет назад

    Just need better nanotech to combat genetic insuperiorities.
    And high alkalinity is suppose to erraticate, disable, or stop these mutations. But we are more acidic with our diets... and almost every thing we create nowadays is toxic or radiated.

  • @AndyMC_YT
    @AndyMC_YT 10 лет назад +2

    Can this really be a coincidence? Vsauce does a video about the web, you make a video about the web, Vsauce makes a video about cancer, you make a video about cancer. I'm trusting you right now, but if this happens again, I'm going to call copying on you.

  • @julieguo5192
    @julieguo5192 10 лет назад +2

    i now know that i'm dangerous

  • @hiromifajardo1902
    @hiromifajardo1902 5 лет назад +1

    Can you do more Nordic mythology vids

  • @congongvk-vuikhoeep6489
    @congongvk-vuikhoeep6489 3 года назад

    Good vid

  • @camprey
    @camprey 10 лет назад

    So... last week Vsauce made a video about the web and TED-Ed followed with a similar video on that very same day. Today Vsauce made a video about cancer and you are doing the same video on the same day aswell? Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

  • @Chill-Ice
    @Chill-Ice Месяц назад

    So, cells conforming to the majority is great while someone conforming to the majority is sometimes not good

  • @yaarap
    @yaarap 10 лет назад

    Why are vsauce and ted doing the same topics now?

  • @chel4688
    @chel4688 7 лет назад

    Who said that i want to be a doctor?

  • @Arikiatrukido
    @Arikiatrukido 10 лет назад

    Ted - Ed, lessons for the peasant indisde us.

  • @ayush8650
    @ayush8650 7 лет назад

    onco genes

  • @melaniewalker6706
    @melaniewalker6706 10 лет назад

    I'm scared now :(

  • @HowHighImHalfBaked
    @HowHighImHalfBaked 10 лет назад

    Anybody watching this should stop and watch b17 cancer cure, or listen to Rick Simpson story run from the cure.

    • @HowHighImHalfBaked
      @HowHighImHalfBaked 10 лет назад

      Watch G. Edward Griffin world without cancer, it's a lot more in depth with how cells work, great film if you're Interested this. Maybe you will learn something that's my aim.

  • @noneyabusiness7317
    @noneyabusiness7317 3 года назад +1

    why do the boys have to be in underwere

  • @leonxl
    @leonxl 10 лет назад +1

    So where's the cure!?

    • @YourGrafftiGuy
      @YourGrafftiGuy 10 лет назад +3

      ***** You don't know me, but I wish you'd feel better and get well. As we Asians say, Aja aja fighting!

    • @TheHaillstorm
      @TheHaillstorm 10 лет назад

      be vegan don't put crap in your body

    • @lyvelawliet5492
      @lyvelawliet5492 10 лет назад

      Hope you beat the cancer dude, wich in turn means beating your own cells, wich mean beating yourself... MASOCHISM FTW.
      But seriously best wishes.

    • @khangb3
      @khangb3 8 лет назад

      +Drazen Jankovic you beat cancer?

    • @hephaestus9901
      @hephaestus9901 5 лет назад

      @@TheHaillstorm that wont eliminate the risk of cancer and there arent god plants that can cure cancer sorry

  • @rhysnickolds9795
    @rhysnickolds9795 10 лет назад +4

    This is not what I like to see

    • @NathanielBeaumont06
      @NathanielBeaumont06 10 лет назад

      i dont like it ether but it is interesting

    • @Lucuskane
      @Lucuskane 10 лет назад

      What do mean by that? elaborate, I don't want to misunderstand you.

    • @NathanielBeaumont06
      @NathanielBeaumont06 10 лет назад

      i mean that i am sincerely interested in the way healthy cells change into cancer cells
      ps.by the way is it not possible to genetically modify a virus that attacks these mutated cancer cells

  • @murshidanajnin3694
    @murshidanajnin3694 3 года назад

    Hiiiiiiii

  • @bronze_summer723
    @bronze_summer723 8 лет назад +1

    I wish that every cell with cancer would just die in an instant and no one would have it
    A girl can prey

  • @rachelc8368
    @rachelc8368 2 года назад +2

    on my life this is the ugliest animation i have seen

  • @TeenageWheelchair
    @TeenageWheelchair 10 лет назад +1

    ok video but i cant stand her voice omg

  • @abigailsockeye1586
    @abigailsockeye1586 7 лет назад

    gay analogies, you don't need them

  • @MagicOfDark
    @MagicOfDark 10 лет назад +1

    I like to think of it like computer networking. The sum check is used for error detection when transferring data, there is a low chance of it not catching an error but there are a few cases where the error won't be caught and the file being transferred becomes corrupted like it got cancer when copying itself from the host computer.

  • @phanngocnam9531
    @phanngocnam9531 2 года назад +1

    Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

  • @HowHighImHalfBaked
    @HowHighImHalfBaked 10 лет назад +1

    G. Edward Griffin a world without cancer