Lord Voldemort seeks immortality to rule over the wizarding and muggle world forever. As his loyal servant, you point out to him that in his quest for horcruxes, he has forgotten about the importance of avoiding cancer as he ages. Specifically, which of the following magical spells should he learn to use? A spell that… decreases DNA repair accuracy during mitosis makes him smaller (e.g., fewer total cells) Increase the rate of mitosis increases his number of copies of p53  all of the above none of the above

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A: The most common treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Other options include targeted…

Q: genes for retinoblastoma (pRB) and p53, act as  ________ in regulating the cell cycle

A: The retinoblastoma (Rb) and p53 genes perform an important role in cell cycle mechanisms. They play…

Q: Stem cells transplanted from one person to another would have less medical complications.     True…

A: The specialized human cells that are provided with the ability to divide and differentiate to form…

Q: https://www.mskcc.org/news/mystery-metastasis-can-tumor-s-genetic-mutations-predict-whether-and-wher…

A: Cells are the building clocks of life. The structural and functional units of life are cells.  Cells…

Q: #1)  Hyperplastic growth are not cancerous yet but show a higher than normal proliferation rate.…

A: ANSWER) TRUE Hyperplastic growth is the increase in the number of cells and therefore the…

Q: Cancer is a complex respo canc comprises mar diseases with a comme tagens as well as very little…

A: Cancer is a disease that occurs when cells in our body show abnormal and uncontrolled growth. These…

Q: Table 23.3 lists occupation as an environmental factor associated withcancer. What occupations do…

A: Cancer is caused due to uncontrolled and abnormal division of the cells. They invade and destroy the…

Q: In the process of metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary tumour)…

A: Approach to solving the question: Detailed explanation: Examples: Key references: Health Science

Q: Genes that cause cancer are called _____________.

A: Cancer means uncontrol cell proliferation and division in the body. This uncontrolled group of cell…

Q: Can we cure cancer by restoring the function of tumor suppressor proteins such as mutant p53 or pRb?…

A: Cell division is a process through which a cell produces two identical daughter cells. Cell division…

Q: Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: Final preparations for cell division are…

A: Cell cycle or cell division refers to a series of events that actively include dividing or…

Q: Put a checkmark next to any of the following scenarios that would make it MORE likely that a cell…

A: Need to find all the options that produce uncontrollable cell division  and to increase chance of…

Q: how does radiation for breast cancer relate to the cell cycle and mitosis

A: One of the ways implemented for the treatment of breast cancer involves radiation therapy. In this…

Q: Cancer is caused by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. Taxol is an anti-cancer drug that…

A: Taxol (paclitaxel) is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells…

Q: Many cell lines used in medical research were originally derived from cancerous tissue. Why are…

A: Most of the studies for medical research are done on cancerous tissues in laboratory setup called as…

Q: Cancer is a major public health problem.  Both inherited genes and environmental factors play a role…

A: Cancer has become a major global health issue for some time. Cancers occur by environmental…

Q: Out of these 8 hallmarks ( sustaining proliferative signaling, evading growth suppressors, resisting…

A: The cells multiply by cell division. It is a controlled process for the growth and development of…

Q: 15. Cancer comprises many diseases with a common cause: uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer is a…

A: Cell development in the body occurs improperly and uncontrollably in diseases like cancer. The other…

Q: Although tobacco smoking is responsible for a large number of human cancers, not all smokers develop…

A: Cancer refers to the uncontrolled cell division caused by the mutations in the genes which control…

Q: Did Steve Job's cancer metastasize during the nine months he tried holistic treatments rather than…

A: Steve Job,the co-founder of Apple Inc.,had discovered cancer in pancreas during a CT scan in…

Q: Identify the manipulated variable and the responding variable for the study.

A: Manipulative variable in an experiment is the one variable of the experiment that the scientist…

Q: p53 is a gene / protein often associated with cancer.  Why?  What does p53 do?  What kind of gene is…

A: p53 is a tumor suppressor gene it is called so because its activity stops the formation of…

Q: For the normal cell to become a cancer cell, mutations should take place in protooncogenes to become…

A: Cancer cells divide incessantly, producing solid tumors or infiltrating the bloodstream with…

Q: HeLa cells are a line of cells grown in laboratory culture that has been used extensively in…

A: Cancer cells are distinct from the normal cells in several ways. Normal cells exhibit controlled…

Q: Why is late stage cancer so dangerous for our body.

A: Cancer is a disease that is caused due to the fact that the cell has lost its ability to undergo…

Q: Most scientists and researchers believe that embryonic stem cells have great potential in treating…

A: Embryo is the initial stage of development of a multicellular organism.Each embryo starts…

Q: Cells can become cancerous for many reasons. Regardless of how they become cancerous, the same…

A: The number of cells in a tissue is determined by the balance between the cell division and the cell…

Q: Looking at Figure 1, what did Romansik et al. (2007) find regarding the relationship between the…

A: The mitotic index is a measure of the number of cells in a tissue sample that are undergoing cell…

Q: Unlike many other diseases, the vast majority of cancers in humans are not transmissible - meaning a…

A: Cancer is "referred" to as any abnormal growth of cell tissue. Cancer can develop anywhere in the…

Q: Excessive angiogenesis and reduced apoptosis are two of the six characteristics that define…

A: Angiogenesis:  Angiogenesis refers to the process of the growth and development of new blood vessels…

Q: Much remains unknown about the rapid, uncontrolled growth, or what causes a tumor to metastasize.…

A: Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. A…

Q: Hoechst 33258 is a chemical dye that binds specifically to DNA in live cells, and when excited by UV…

A: A cell is a mass of cytoplasm that is bound by a cell membrane. Generally smaller in size, cells are…

Q: True or false: The telomere-shortening theory is an example of a stochastic theory of cell aging.

A: It is thought that, as a cell divides, the telomeres become shorter and shorter each time until they…

Q: What is the function of the synaptonemal complex? What part of the cell cycle does this event take…

A: As we know all living organisms are made of  basic unit of structure and function called as cell. To…

Q: A scientist studying a group of somatic cells notices that when the cell cycle is complete, half of…

A: Cell cycle consists of cyclic event that place when cell divide into two daughter cells. It consists…

Q: TRUE OR FALSE A stem cell can  reproduce itself indefinitely and differentiate into special­ized…

A: Cell is a structural and functional unit of life. It is present in all living organisms.

Q: How cancer is genetic diseases, in spite of the fact that most cancers are not inherited?

A: Cancer is a disease that involves the uncontrollable growth of some of the abnormal cells of the…

Q: 15. Cancer comprises many diseases with a common cause: uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer is a…

A: In a condition like Cancer, growth of the body's cells takes place abnormally and uncontrollably.…

Q: What human evidence is there that radiation induces cancer?

A: Cancer is the state where there is uncontrolled cell division resulting into a tumor that may or may…

Q: traits are common to many cancer cells

A: Cancer: It is simply defined as the disease which is associated with abnormal division of cells…

Q: HeLa Cells are the most widely used human cell line. They have been used in thousands of studies,…

A: The question is asking for an opinion on whether scientists should be allowed to use cells for…

Q: Cancer cells are distinguished from other normal cells by (select all that apply!): a. having…

A: Cancer is a disease involving uncontrollable growth of body cells that have the ability to invade or…

Q: We know that there are several risk factors for cancer, which of those risk factors are significant…

A: Cancer results from the uncontrolled cell division. Sometimes during cell division when the…

Q: Explain in your own words why cancer is often referred to as a disease of the cell cycle.

A: Cell Cycle is an event that controls the cell division. It is divided into following four phases- G1…

Q: In your own words, what is angiogenesis and what is the importance of this process in cancer…

A: The creation of new blood vessels is known as angiogenesis. Endothelial cells, which cover the…

Q: ____________ is the most common tumor suppressor gene that is often mutated in human cancers.

A: Tumor suppressor gene are also known as the anti oncogenes which performs the function of regulation…