Project Information

Names: DaveRishi Pahwa, Oliver Schneider

Project Title: Lung Cancer - BAX FAX: Analyzing a Genetic Change in the Promoter of the BAX Gene in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Project Category: Health, Advanced Project

Grade: 10

School: Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon.

Mentors: Dr. Anarug Saxena and Dr. Oksana Moshynska, Dept. of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan

Abstract: We isolated and extracted the DNA from the promoter of the BAX Gene in cancerous tissue to determine whether the G125A change was present and how often it occured. We used 32 samples of cancerous tissue and 12 control samples of non-cancerous tissue.

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Our Mentors: Dr. Oksana Moshynska on left, Dr. Anarug Saxena on right.