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Why Do Red Blood Cells Divide And Die?

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The human body is an amazing system consisting of more than 60,000 billion cells. These cells make up the organs in our body and each cell will live different lengths of time, being about four months on average for red blood cells, and over a year for white blood cells. In order for our body to keep living, each cell multiplies into two cells before it dies. However, sometimes the cell won’t properly divide and die, which can cause many problems, including cancer. So what exactly is causing the cells to not properly divide and die? Well the cells center, the nucleus, is responsible for commanding the cells functions, but it doesn’t always send the right orders. So the question know becomes, why doesn’t the nucleus send the right commands?

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