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A 60-yeаr-оld mаle is diаgnоsed with a type оf cancer that shows resistance to programmed cell death (apoptosis). Genetic testing reveals a mutation in the BCL-2 gene. What is the significance of this mutation in cancer cells?
Much pоpulаr histоry written аbоut the Civil Wаr concerns the nature of the war: military campaigns, strategies, tactics and outcomes. This photograph is of a camp family. During wartimes, some lower-status and lower-income families had always followed their head of household during his service in an army. These family camps often provided crucial services to the units in general, not simply to their soldier or soldiers, but generals, by and large, hated the logistical difficulties that came with having families move through the countryside alongside military camps. One scholar who wrote about this image explains its appeal as a student and teacher of history: "it captures so many different aspects of the war: photography early in the conflict, the material culture of camp life, and the role of women. With seemingly endless details to explore, it beckons to be examined closely—perhaps with a magnifying glass or in today’s digital form with the “zoom” function. It invites imaginative speculation about who these people might have been, why they were there, and how the war altered not only their lives but also those of millions of other soldiers and their families over four long years." More questions arise when it becomes clear that this seemingly candid photo was not, in fact, candid. There's an alternate version of the photograph, with a number of important differences: the woman and children don't face the camera, a Black man and two other soldiers look straight at the camera from a distance, household tools and implements are differently arranged, held, shown or hidden, and the dog is not in the kid's lap. The photo looks like a slice-of-life, but it's been carefully arranged as a scene. Source: Caroline E. Janney, "Family in Camp," in J. Matthew Gallman, and Gary W. Gallagher. Lens of War : Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War. University of Georgia Press, 2015. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1018431&site=ehost-live&scope=site. (To see this image at full size, right-click (option-click for Mac) on the image and, from the context menu that pops up, select "Open image in new tab" or "Save image as..." to save it to your hard drive.) Question: This is partly an opinion question. What questions come to your mind when you examine this photograph? What details draw your eye, and why? Knowing what you have learned about mid-19th century Americans from previous assignments (kind of uptight, moralistic, sentimental, mostly racist and sexist), how do you think this photograph might have struck them? What might their opinions of this photograph have been, and how are your opinions different from what your imagine theirs might have been?