answersLogoWhite

0

What can damage cells?

Updated: 8/10/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Best Answer

The question assumes that ions damage cells, which is not actually the case. SOME ions may damage SOME cells, but cells normally contain ions, and in fact need them to function properly.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

If it scrached bit or ripped. Pretty much any way you hurt ur self. Even the lung cells.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago

pretty much everything. think of cells as tiny people. then think of something that might hurt a person. and there you have your answer

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

immune system

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Radiation.

Toxic chemicals.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

a virus.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What can damage cells?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

How long does trichomonas take to damage your cells?

Trich won't damage your cells.


What is the skin pigment that protects cells from solar damage?

Melanin is the pigmentation that protect cells from solar damage.


What damage can an endoparasite do?

they can damage your cells because they can live inside your body


What damage does radiation do?

Radiation exposure causes damage to the cells of your body, which can mutate them. Mutated cells are sometimes referred to as cancer cells, and thus radiation can give you cancer. There are different effects from different kinds of radiation, but mutating cells is the basic form of damage that radiation does.


what cells types are least sensitive to ionizing radiation damage?

Cells that do not have a nucleus


Which cells are prone to damage from low blood sugar?

The red blood cells


Why are the sperm cells made in the testes?

Because there is less genetic damage to the cells when they are cold.


How can you damage your cells?

Bacterial or Viral infections are a couple of ways cells are damaged or killed.


What are released by damaged cells in an effort todraw which blood cells to the area of damage?

Cytokines


Which of the following cell types are at least sensitive to ionizing radiation damage?

Cells that are actively dividing are most sensitive to radiation damage.


What can stem cells do without a person for nerve damage?

Stem cells can be used to regrow a variety of different tissues and organs without a person with nerve damage. In a person with nerve damage, they can help to regrow nerves.


What cells need to repair damage?

So we can be ALIVE