Sentences with phrase «rogue cells when»
Luckily, there are several safety mechanisms in place to protect us from rogue cells when something does go awry.
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There is evidence to suggest the gene originally controlled stem cells or immune response, and was only later co-opted to defend animals against rogue cells when they became large and long - lived.
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Teratomas are what can happen when some of the pluripotent stem cells go rogue and differentiate uncontrollably.
The mistakes arise when fast - growing «rogue cells» contaminate cell cultures and swamp the correct cells.
One theory is that they arise when immature egg cells go rogue.
Understanding that process would in turn help explain what goes wrong in an autoimmune disease like type 1 diabetes, when those immune cells go rogue and turn the attack inward.
Cancer begins when a cell goes rogue — mutating its DNA, dividing uncontrollably.
Free radicals are the equivalent of rogue agents in your body that cause damage when they react with important cells.