What is the difference between saying that cancer is inherited and saying that the predisposition to cancer is inherited?

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: How is an inmortal cancer cell line different from a regular cancel cell line ?

A: Cancerous cells : In our body cell division and differentiation is a highly regulated and controlled…

Q: What would make someone think they might have developed cancer and seek medical testing?

A: Cancer is a medical condition in which cells become abnormal and divide uncontrollably which leads…

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: Cancers typically have which of the following in common?   Question 1 options:   abnormal nuclei…

A: Cancer cells are defined as the cells that grow and divide at a rapid rate abnormally.They are…

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: What plays an important role in preventing cancer ?

A: Cancer may be a giant cluster of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of…

Q: Which genetic cancer predisposition syndrome is caused by germ-line mutations in the p53 gene and is…

A: P53 is the tumor suppressor protein (TP53 in humans) which is also described as the guardian of the…

Q: What occupations do you think might be associated with higher rates of cancer? What about these…

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

Q: Why do mutations in DNA repair genes increase the likelihood of developing cancer?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a hereditary molecule that transfers genetic information from one…

Q: Is cancer a genetic disease ?

A: Cancer includes overgrowth of the cells above the normal number. It is studied under the domain of…

Q: What is the relationship between genetic mutations and cancer?

A: Mutation is defined as change in nucleotides nitrogenous base.

Q: How is cancer diagnosed?

A: Step 1 Cell division is a normal process in a multicellular organism. Growth and repair take place…

Q: What is required to enable a cancercell to metastasize?

A: INTRODUCTION: Metastasis means that cancer cell spreads to a different body part from where it has…

Q: explain to a 5th grader why late stage cancer if so dangerous for your body.

A: Question asked: Explain to a 5th grader why late stage cancer if so dangerous for your body.…

Q: What is the role of the microenvironment in cancer development and progression?

A: Progression of cancer is the steps of progress of this disease, it includes many stages:  Stage I…

Q: How mutations, chromosomal changes epigenetics, and environmental agents play roles in the…

A: Cancer cells breaks the most basic rule of cell behavior by which multicellular organism are built…

Q: What are the two basic phases of cancer cell developement? Tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes a b…

A: According to guidelines we have to answer the first question only. so please kindly post the…

Q: Explain what it means when the developmental steps for cancer are “not obligatory” and give one…

A: Cancer is uncontrolled cell division and growth of cells. These tumors eventually start invading…

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: How Cancer Involves the Proliferation of a Clone of Cells?

A: When the cell division becomes out of control and cells starts accumulating it results in cancer.

Q: How Mutations Cause Cancer Phenotypes?

A: The medical condition of cancer is generally characterized by the presence of a cluster of cells…

Q: What does the cancer stage refer to

A: A cancer's stage explains the size of the primary tumour and how far the cancer has spread across…

Q: What type of cancer causes the most deaths in the United States

A: Cancer It is defined as growth of abnormal cells characterized by cellular malfunction.…

Q: Explain why each of the following is a risk factor for cancer:  age, loss-of-function mutations in…

A: Cancer is an abnormal or uncontrolled cell division that occurs as a result of mutation.…

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: Do more mutations necessarily mean that more cancer-causing genes are faulty? Why or why not?

A: Biotechnology is a wide range of studies where it uses its techniques with biological systems to…

Q: Why does inflammation fuel cancer development/invasion?

A: Introduction :- The immune system uses inflammation as one of its defence mechanisms against…

Q: How would you relate the cancer cellular pathophysiology with genomic instability?

A: Cancer is a well-known disease these days. In the United States, one in every two women and one in…

Q: Which term is NOT used to describe cancer? 1) metastatic 2) tumor 3) invasive 4) malignant 5)…

A: Cancer is a very complex disease that is characterised by uncontrolled cell division. Different…

Q: What is the difference between a proto-oncogene and a tumor suppressor gene?  How can mutations in…

A: Proto-oncogenes are normally switched off. But when they get activated they cause tumors. On the…

Q: How does the normal p53 protein inhibit cancer development?

A: Tumor-suppressor genes code for proteins that repair damaged DNA (preventing a cell from turning…

Q: What could cause cancer in our natural environment? Or what activities do we carry out that could…

A: Cancer: Cancer is the condition of  uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in a body. These…

Q: How is cancer usuallytreated?

A: Cancer is the uncontrolled division or growth of the cells. Due to uncontrolled division a mass of…

Q: Where does cancer originate?

A: Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and can enter adjacent tissue.…

Q: What is haploinsufficiency? How might it affect cancer risk?

A: The term in genetics that explains the function of the dominant gene in the representation of…

Q: Is it correct to say that the palladin gene causes cancer?

A: This palladin gene encodes a cytoskeletal protein that is required for organizing the actin…

Q: How is cancer different from most other types of genetic diseases?

A: Cancer is the abnormal growth and multiplication of normal cells. Cancer cell divide rapidly. Cancer…

Q: can you explain how most cancers are not inherited, but are genetic

A: Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in our body. Cancerous cells have the property…

Q: what is Malignant Tumor and Benign Tumor and what is their differences or similarities

A: Tumor is nothing but an abnormal tissue growth . The two types of tumors are the most studied tissue…