Eva Vertes: Meet the future of cancer research

Eva Vertes: Meet the future of cancer research

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Biology, Health Sciences, Chemistry

11th Grade - University

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Eva Vertes shares her journey from family history to a passion for medicine, inspired by a book on Ebola. She discusses her research on Alzheimer's and cancer stem cells, highlighting the potential of cancer as a repair response. She explores why skeletal muscle resists cancer and proposes future research directions, including using cancer cells for therapeutic purposes.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant event led the speaker's family to settle in Canada?

The train to Auschwitz took a wrong track.

Her grandmother worked at the Banting Institute.

The family decided to escape Hungary during the revolution.

The boat they boarded was headed to Canada.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What book inspired the speaker's interest in medicine?

The Hot Zone

The Hardy Boys

Nancy Drew

The Grand Canyon

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the focus of the speaker's first research project in high school?

Alzheimer's disease

Cancer stem cells

Purine derivatives and cell growth

Effects of heavy metals on the nervous system

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the speaker discover about purine derivatives?

They are unrelated to Alzheimer's.

They have no effect on cells.

They inhibit cell growth by 60%.

They promote cell death.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What concept did the speaker explore at Stanford University?

Cancer stem cells

Purine derivatives

Neuroscience

Skeletal muscle resistance

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the speaker view cancer in relation to injury?

As a genetic disorder

As a disease to be eliminated

As a repair response

As unrelated to injury

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the speaker's hypothesis about skeletal muscle and cancer?

Skeletal muscle lacks blood vessels.

Skeletal muscle attracts metastases.

Skeletal muscle is terminally differentiated.

Skeletal muscle controls angiogenesis.

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