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How does chemotherapeutic drugs kill the cancer cells and not kill the human?
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∙ 12y ago
Basically, chemo drugs target the fastest-growing cells. So they kill cancer cells, but also some fast-growing human cells like those in hair follicles and the gastrointestinal tract (that's why chemo patients lose their hair and feel nauseated).
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∙ 12y ago
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Enzyme responsible for indefinite growth of human cancer cells?
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How does the environment affect human cells?
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Does baking soda kills cancer cells in human body?
No.
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Why cancer can have such a serious effect on human health?
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Can cancer cells move through the human body the same way red and white blood cells do?
yes
How do you know if you have cancer cells in your body?
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More than Billions of cells are present in the average human's body . In case of diseases like cancer of blood or situations like increase in number of WBC ( white blood cells ) ,etc .
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Can affect operations of both the human brain and the human body
