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  • The downside of cell division is that oncogene* may develop and lead to cancer. In the long term this is unavoidable.
  • Cell division, also results in the cells having shorter chromosomes. Over a lifetime this results in aging

* www.dictionary.com definition: A gene that causes the transformation of normal cells into cancerous tumour cells, especially a viral gene that transforms a host cell into a tumour cell.

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Cell division can be harmful to the body when it gets out of control. The most common and best-known example of this is cancer, when rapid and uncontrolled cell division creates tumors in the body.

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When cells divide uncontrollably it is called cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in humans.

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uncontrolled cell division causes cancer and cancer cells do not limit there growth spreading massively to other cells.

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