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A malignant group of uncontrollably dividing cells that form a tumour. Questions regarding (proto)oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes should also use this tag.
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How have some cancers "evolved" to be so aggressive and treatment-resistant?
About Cancer Resistancy
Cancer resistance to treatment often times is a side-effect of them upregulating survival factors and downregulating apoptosis factors. … In other words, the drug is damaging the cancer-cell, but the cancer cell simply doesn't know how to die. …
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Cancer: computing the proliferation of DNA mutations in cancer cells
Mutations in cancer are classified into different types. … Jakobsdottir et al. 2022
Another enzyme that cancer is using to mutate itself is AID.
I don‘t think that drugs are used against APOBEC or AID. …
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Do cancer cells use as much NADH as normal cells?
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Yes, NADPH is definitely enriched in cancer cells, since cancer tends to rely more on glycolysis. That way, much less NADH is consumed into the electron chain. … Inhibited glycolysis is unfavorable for cancer cell growth. …
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Why doesn't HIV give you cancer if retroviral gene therapy gives you cancer?
Short answer: Most HIV-infected cells will die before transforming into cancer. … But most infected cells will die (apoptosis, overproducing viruses) before transforming into cancer. …
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When do retinal cells stop differentiating?
Breaks need to be repaired, but that can be faulty and lead to cancer. This explains why infants get cancer in general. …