Many cell lines used in medical research were originally derived from cancerous tissue. Why are cancer cells often used for developing cell lines?

Q: Could stem cells be made to differentiate into meat cells and then cloned to produce edible meat?

A: Stem cells are specialized undifferentiated cells that have the ability to give rise to different…

Q: Can we treat cancer by restoring tumor suppressor function such as mutated p53 or pRb?  If so, how…

A: The process by which a cell gives rise to two identical daughter cells is referred to as cell…

Q: How can a defect in p53 gene contribute to cancer development?

A: Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some…

Q: Why is it only the risk for cancer that is inherited?

A: ANSWER --Introduction -- Genes are part of the chromosomes , carry instructions to make proteins…

Q: What signal causes cells to divide to produce new cells?

A: Cells division takes place for many reasons. Mitosis and meiosis are the two types of cell division…

Q: can a stem cell become a nerve cell

A: Stem cells are the cells which has the ability to develop into any cell type. Bone marrow is the…

Q: Could a gene be involved in the growth of both stem cells and some kinds of cancer? Explain your…

A: in stem cells we have an important class of genes called proto-oncogenes [PO] with are necessary for…

Q: If cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease, how might an environmental factor such as smoking…

A: Tumor is a mass of tissues. It may be benign or malignant. The cellular growth that occurs when the…

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: Can a fully differentiated human cell be“deprogrammed” to become a stem cell?

A: ANSWER; No... why because embryonic stemcells can be induced to differentiate into any cell type,but…

Q: What is an induced pluripotent stem cell? a. A cell from which the nucleus has been removed b. A…

A: In multicellular living beings, stem cells are undifferentiated or part of the way separated cells…

Q: Why are cancers considered to be clonal in origin? O A They are considered clonal in origin because…

A: Cancer- It is a group of diseases that is commonly related to the uncontrolled proliferation of…

Q: What might happen, for instance, if in a research study cancer cell genes were transferred into…

A: Gene therapy is a way of treating or preventing disease by altering the genetic instructions within…

Q: In cancer, cells divide out of control. Thus, chemicals that interfere with cell division might be…

A: Cancerous cells are more sensitive to mitotic inhibitors. These mitotic inhibitors are mostly…

Q: Why are stem cells spe- cial? Why do scientists think they offer so much hope?

A: All other cells with specialized functions are derived from stem cells, which are the body's raw…

Q: stem cells, good or bad?

A: Stem cells are the raw materials of the body, the cells that give rise to all other cells with…

Q: What is cancer? What defects are commonly found in cancer cells? Do all cancer cells have mutations…

A: Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells…

Q: Which of the following are characteristics of stem cells? Select all that apply.     --They can…

A: Stem cells are cells that have the potential to differentiate into any type of cell and can divide…

Q: Part A Telomere shortening puts a limit on the number of times a cell can divide. Research has shown…

A: A telomere is a region present at the end of a chromosome. It is a highly repetitive region which…

Q: How do normal cells protect themselves from accumulating mutations in genes that could lead to…

A: Studies reveal that the p53 protein instructs cells to under-go apoptosis when mutations in the DNA…

Q: Select the statements that accurately describe different ways that translocations could lead to…

A: Answer-  (A) A translocation breaks up the sequence of a gene for a protein that stimulates…

Q: How does gene activation lead to cell differentiation? Explain the correct answer and explain why…

A: Cell differentiation is a method by which a particular cell achieves a specific fate and become…

Q: explain what are stem cells

A: A cell is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of the all known organisms. A cell…

Q: Stem cells have the potential to become any cell in the body. What changes when they begin to…

A: Stem cells Stem cells are pluripotent cells. This means that they have the ability to divide into…

Q: How does an embryonic stem cell differ from an adult stem cell?

A: Stem cells are used extensively in the experiments of cloning. It is studied under the domain of…

Q: Why is cancer a disease of individual cells? Because cancer involves cell proliferation None of the…

A: Cancer is defined as uncontrolled division of cells.

Q: While a great deal of information can be gleaned from aging studies using cells in culture, why…

A: Aging is a complicated process that is driven by both environmental and inherent genetic factors.…

Q: which of the following describes how RNA and DNA are used in mitosis? a. leads to the synthesis of…

A: RNA and DNA are two nucleic acids found in the cells of living organisms. They are made up of a…

Q: Analyze the roles of DNA repair, cell cycle control, and the immune system that play in cancer…

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Q: Telomerase is a very important enzyme for the control of both cancer and aging.  In 5 sentences,…

A: The ends of the  linear chromosome is known as telomere,it is rich in the   tandem repeats of…