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Which property do normal cells have that inhibits their uncontrolled growth?
Which property do normal cells have that inhibits their uncontrolled growth?
- Regulatory mechanisms
- Cell growth
- Contact inhibition (correct)
- Cell differentiation
What happens to the regulatory mechanisms in cancer cells?
What happens to the regulatory mechanisms in cancer cells?
- They are highly controlled and regulated
- They are broken down (correct)
- They are inhibited by contact with other cells
- They continue to divide
What is the result of cancerous cells losing the property of contact inhibition?
What is the result of cancerous cells losing the property of contact inhibition?
- They have highly controlled and regulated cell growth
- They differentiate into different cell types
- They form masses of cells called tumor (correct)
- They show uncontrolled growth
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