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What is the name of the disease in which defective cells in the body keep on dividing in an uncontrolled manner?
cancer
What would happen if mitosis was uncontrolled in the cells of a person skin?
it would cause cancer to develop
Do cancer cells reproduce?
Cancer cells reproduce the same way as normal cells do, by mitosis. What separates cancer cells from normal cells, is that their reproduction is uncontrolled and proceeds when it should not. They therefore constantly go through the cell cycle and reproduce.
Why is it so important that cells divide correctly?
cause otherwise its called cancer
How does a cell divide to create cells with exactly half of the original cells genetic information?
the organisms can spread to cause cancer.
Cancer is caused when cells grow abnormally and divide in an uncontrolled manner How might a mutagen cause cancer?
A mutagen could change a gene that tells a cell when to stop growing.
What is uncontrolled mitosis?
Uncontrolled mitosis is when cells continue to divide. Which is considered the developing of a tumor or that is cancer.
What can uncontrolled meiosis cause?
Uncontrolled meiosis can cause cancer in the in sex organs. Meiosis is the division of sex cells and if uncontrolled will cause painful lumps.
What is it called when cells divide uncontrolled at a rapid rate?
I believe that is cancer.
What is called when defective cells keeps on dividing in an uncontrolled manner?
Isn't this the definition of cancer?
What is the name of the disease in which defective cells in the body keep on dividing in an uncontrolled manner?
cancer
Cancer results when cells divide at an uncontrolled rate and form a tumor which invades surrounding tissue What type of viral gene can cause cancer in its host cell?
an oncogene
What is the medical term meaning blood cancer in which abnormal white blood cells multiply in an uncontrolled manner?
leukemia
What factor can cause cells to divide in a culture medium?
Protein signals cause cells to divide in a culture medium.
What would happen if mitosis was uncontrolled in the cells of a person skin?
it would cause cancer to develop
What is known to cause unregulated cell growth that may cause a clump of cells to form?
cancer. all it is is uncontrolled mitosis
How does cancer happens?
Cells in our body grow, divide, and die in a certain way. Cancer happens when cells either grow, divide, or die wrong or in the wrong way. It ends up being an unpredictable manner that causes uncontrolled growth and division.
