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Why do cancer cells go through the cell cycle rapidly?
A stem cell becomes cancerous and creates the tumor or other cancer. Most of the other cancer cells either do not divide or only divide slowly. The cancerous stem cells divide and create cancer cells and other cancerous stem cells. Removing the entire cancer but leaving a few of the cancerous stem cells in the body does not cure the cancer.
How are stem cells and cancer cells different?
it is just different
All cells are stem cells or not?
They were at one point, but as they grow they differentiate and can no longer be counted as stem cells.
What are the differences between T cell and stem cell?
Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cells that can differentiate into specialized cells and can divide (through mitosis) to produce more stem cells. So, they basically have the ability to grow any type of cell. T cells or T lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that plays a central role in the immune system. So, they basically help us resist disease.
Are all bone marrow stem cells producing abnormal cells when someone has leukemia or just some of them?
In leukemia, a small proportion of bone marrow stem cells become malignant and start producing abnormal cells. These abnormal cells then grow uncontrollably, crowding out normal blood cells. The majority of bone marrow stem cells remain healthy and continue to produce normal blood cells.
Why do cancer cells go through the cell cycle rapidly?
A stem cell becomes cancerous and creates the tumor or other cancer. Most of the other cancer cells either do not divide or only divide slowly. The cancerous stem cells divide and create cancer cells and other cancerous stem cells. Removing the entire cancer but leaving a few of the cancerous stem cells in the body does not cure the cancer.
How are stem cells and cancer cells different?
it is just different
All cells are stem cells or not?
They were at one point, but as they grow they differentiate and can no longer be counted as stem cells.
Can breast cancer be treated with stem cells?
Stem cell treatment is used to treat advanced breast cancer.
What do stems grow from?
Stem cells
What are the differences between T cell and stem cell?
Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cells that can differentiate into specialized cells and can divide (through mitosis) to produce more stem cells. So, they basically have the ability to grow any type of cell. T cells or T lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that plays a central role in the immune system. So, they basically help us resist disease.
Are all bone marrow stem cells producing abnormal cells when someone has leukemia or just some of them?
In leukemia, a small proportion of bone marrow stem cells become malignant and start producing abnormal cells. These abnormal cells then grow uncontrollably, crowding out normal blood cells. The majority of bone marrow stem cells remain healthy and continue to produce normal blood cells.
Can you grow extra arms with stem cells?
No
Do stem cells cure a cancerous growth?
No. But if you kill or remove the cancer, the tissues/organs that were removed can be replaced or regenerated with stem cells.
What organs do stem cells provide for?
Because stem cells are the undifferentiated cells, they are able to grow into many different kinds of organs.
Which type of cells are quite easy to grow in the lab?
Stem cells
Does stem cell research cover cancer?
In any cancer tumor, there are what's called 'cancer stem cells'. These cancer stem cells behave like stem cells in that they are usually quiescent but when the tumor is destroyed by for example radiation therapy and chemotherapy, which targets dividing cells, the tumor stem cells can survive these treatments and begin to divide and recreate the tumor after the treatment has ceased. Right now there are no effective treatment except for surgery that can selectively target cancer stem cells and this is the cause of high recurrence rates in certain cancers. There are also studies that show that directly injecting neural stem cells into brains with neural tumors can directly reduce the size of the tumor without harming surrounding cells. This makes stem cells sound like the 'silver bullet' for neural tumors however much more research needs to be done before this effect can be understood enough for human usage or usage for other organs.
