Saturday, August 16, 2008

Understanding Cancer - Does not stick together or become specialised

Cancer Cells can lose molecules on their surface, that keep normal cells in the right place, become detached from their neighbours, allowing the cancer cell to spread to other parts of the body.
Unlike normal cells, cancer cells do not carry on maturing once they have been formed. With all the reproducing, it is not suprising that more of the genetic information in the cell can become lost.
Cells become more primitive tend to reproduce more quickly and even more haphazardly.
Understanding Cancer series, Cancer Research UK.

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