0
What else can I help you with?
Do crescent shaped blood cells give you cancer?
No, crescent-shaped blood cells are a characteristic of sickle cell disease, not cancer. Sickle cells can cause various complications by blocking blood flow and oxygen delivery to tissues, but they do not directly cause cancer.
The form of cancer that affects the tissues that produce blood is called?
The form of cancer that affects the tissues that produce blood is called leukemia. Leukemia is a type of cancer that starts in the bone marrow and leads to the production of abnormal white blood cells.
How do viruses kill cancer cells?
Viruses can be engineered to specifically target and infect cancer cells, causing them to die. Some viruses can also stimulate the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells. Additionally, certain viruses have the ability to directly interfere with the replication process of cancer cells, leading to their death.
What kind of organisms do red blood cells attack?
Red blood cells do not attack other organisms, it is the white blood cells that do this. All the red blood cells do is contain hemoglobin to transport oxygen round the body. They are themselves attacked by malaria parasite.
Does red blood cells attack microbes?
No, red blood cells help transport gases. It's white blood cells you're after :) (ed: spelling)
What causes blood loss in cancer patients and where does the blood go if there are no visual signs of blood loss?
lack of red cells
What are the main causes of cancer cell formation?
Cells within the body multiply regularly.Some cells grow uncontrollably forming tumors. As the disease progresses, the cancerous cells travel through the blood stream and attack other organs of the body.
How can you get feet cancer?
You can have cancer anywhere there are cells; where there are cells, there is a possibility of a mutation that causes cancer.
A heart attack affects heart cells by?
Cutting Off Blood Flow And Oxygen And Causes Cells To Die By A 7th Grader
Can cancer be transmitted by saliva?
No form of cancer is contagious. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causgees large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Even if your body would come into contact with one of these abnormal cells, it would simply attack the cell and get rid of it with white blood cells, the body's defense team.
What do white blood cells attack?
What could be the problem white blood cells attack red ones
Do red blood cells attack viruses that cause an illness?
No. red blood cells carry oxygen. White blood cells attack pathogens such as viruses.
What is the role of the Cytotoxic T-cells?
Cytotoxic T cells destroy cancer cells. The cytoxic T cell comes into contrack with a cancer cell. The T cell recognizes that the cancer cell is "nonself" and causes the destruction of the cancer. Also, they can reject transplants like kidneys, resulting in the attack and destruction of the transplanted organ.
Does immune system fights and protects the body even against cancer cells?
Yes, your body constantly has cancer cells in your system, your white blood cells should be able to control them so they cannot affect the body, but when the cancer cells multiply and attack faster than the wbc's can control then it becomes a problem.
What is pre-cancer?
pre-cancer is one that can attack cells must be treated.
How do cancer cells kill an organism?
Cancer kills an organism by destroying the red blood cells.
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
