Cancerous Cell

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A Cancerous Cell is an tumor cell that can divide very quickly.



References

2014

  • (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cancer_cell Retrieved:2014-8-9.
    • Cancer cells are cells that grow and divide at an unregulated, quickened pace. Although cancer cells can be quite common in a person they are only malignant when the other cells (particularly natural killer cells) fail to recognize and/or destroy them.[1] In the past a common belief was that cancer cells failed to be recognized and destroyed because of a weakness in the immune system. However more recent research has shown that the failure to recognize cancer cells is caused by the lack of particular co-stimulated molecules that aid in the way antigens react with lymphocytes.[2]
  1. The Innate Immune System: NK Cells. Student.ccbcmd.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-01.
  2. Creating Cancer Killers. Research.uky.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-01.