Sentences with phrase «unregulated growth of cells»

Cancer is the unregulated growth of cells in the body, often resulting in the formation of a mass or lump called a tumor.

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Unregulated growth is due in large part to the fact that tumor cells can rebuild protective ends of their chromosomes, which are made of repeated DNA sequences and proteins.

In addition, the hyperbole that has been generated around stem cells has contributed significantly to scientific fraud and the growth of unregulated stem cell clinics and spas offering unproven and costly treatments12, 16.

Binding of JSRV sheep lung cells might interfere with the receptor's normal role in regulating cell proliferation, causing unregulated growth.

Likewise, unregulated growth, abnormal cell division, and defective cell death pathways are hallmark features of tumors.

We are asked to believe, however, that growth of fat cells is essentially unregulated.