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Cells and Cancer

Cell Growth and a Model for Cancer

Standard model of cell growth involves cells dividing, and creating exact copies of themselves. Normally, cells are programmed to grow and divide only in certain circumstances. A basic model of cancer involves a cell that continues to grow where normal cells would stop dividing; and a cluster of growing cells develops into a tumor.

(figures taken from cancer.ca)

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