Animated Dictionnary Definition

Cancer

Something malignant caused by uncontroled, abnormal cell division that often spreads destructively.

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Pronounce: Cancerous

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Cell \'r us: These pages are about cells. Did you know that your body is made of millions and millions tiny cells? Much of the research carried out by scientists at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund is to find out why cells go wrong and cause cancer. But did you know that all those millions and millions of cells came from just one tiny cell, the first cell that was you? Read on...
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The Tumor Gene Database: The Tumor Gene Database contains information about genes which are targets for cancer-causing mutations; proto-oncogenes and tumor supressor genes. Its goal is to provide a standard set of facts (e.g. protein size, biochemical activity, chromosomal location, ...) about all known tumor genes. At present, the database contains over 2600 facts on over 300 genes.

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