How do cells know when to stop growing and what goes wrong in cancer?

Subject: How do cells know when to stop growing and what goes wrong in cancer?

Date: Tue Oct 26 13:22:55 1999
Posted by Sandi
Grade level: undergrad School: McMaster University
City: Hamilton State/Province: On Country: Canada
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 940958575.Cb

Message:


What makes cells stop growing (i.e. dividing/proliferating) and why is this 
mechanism absent in cancer cells?

Re: How do cells know when to stop growing and what goes wrong in cancer?

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