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Why are cancer cells immortal but most body cells have a limited life span?
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∙ 10y ago
they are immortal as long as they have cells to attach to. They are a mutation and don't get a signal to die so they will keep multiplying until they are nothing left. Cancer is a genetic mutation
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What cells undergo unchecked rapid division in the body?
Cancer cells undergo unchecked rapid division in the body.
How does Mesothelioma Cancer affect the cells in your body?
Mesothelioma cancer afftects your cells the same way any other cancer would affect your cells. It is a terrible disease.
Do b cells destroy cancer cells?
No, cancer cells express self antigens, so your body cannot recognize it as foreign or dangerous.
Cancer cells and virus-infected body cells can be killed before activation of adaptive immunity by?
Cancer cells and virus infected body cells can be killed before activation of adaptive immunity by natural killer cells. These may be noted as NK cells in literature.
What is the process by which cells reproduce?
Somatic (Body) Cells-Mitosis Gametes-Meiosis Mitosis is the process by which cells reproduce by dividing into identical daughter cells. In addition to normal body cells, mitosis is also how cancer cells divide.
What does the presence of telomere caps give cancer cells?
Immortality. "A hallmark of cancer cells is immortality. The only cells in the body that are usually 'immortal' are germ cells and some stem cells. Other cells in the body are not immortal and can divide only a limited number of times before they either cease dividing or die. One block to unlimited cell division is a specialized structure at the end of each chromosome called the telomer." (Huether, McCance 2008, p 231)
What do white blood cells eat?
sickness and deseses cells in your body such as cancer cells sickness and deseses cells in your body such as cancer cells
Are cancer cells dangerous?
Yes cancer cells are dangerous. Malignant cancer cells are the most dangerous as they can replicate and move to different parts of the body. Benign cancer cells are far less dangerous and don't replicate or move around the body.
How do viruses kill cancer cells?
Because they attack the cells in the body and cancer cells are just the mutated cell of our body very good question by the way
What cells undergo unchecked rapid division in the body?
Cancer cells undergo unchecked rapid division in the body.
When cancer cells invade other cells and tissues in the body the cancer is said to have done what?
Metastasized.
How do cancer cells spread through the body?
attach to cells
Abnormal multiplication of the body's cells?
Cancer!! :(
Do you have inactive cancer cells in your body?
yes
How does Mesothelioma Cancer affect the cells in your body?
Mesothelioma cancer afftects your cells the same way any other cancer would affect your cells. It is a terrible disease.
Do you have dormant cancer cells in your body?
One could argue that all body cells can potentially become cancerous and therefore they are all dormant cancer cells. But by that definition, a dormant cancer cell is just a normal, healthy cell.
Why can't cancer cells get cancer?
Cancer cells are already cancer, it is redundant for a cancer cell to get cancer, however, it is true that cancer cells can die, for various reasons. The reason why cancer is so dangerous to the body is that cancer receives all the same support that healthy cells receive, and is not attacked by the immune system. The body takes care of its own cells; the blood supplies all the needs of cellular metabolism. That makes it easy for cells to survive. So even though cancer cells are abnormal and dysfunctional, they can usually survive because it is easy for them to do so.
