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Cancer bodies

discrete, acidophilic or amphophilic, hyaline body's of various shapes and sizes, occurring in the cytoplasm of some of the neoplastic cells and also extracellularly in the stroma of various carcinomas and sarcomas; formerly regarded by some observers as parasitic causal agents, but now thought to be products of cell necrosis (apoptosis).


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Re: mutations and dependencies

... On top of that, natural selection is also occurring within our bodies. Within the seminiferous tubules, severely defective cells may simply ... of being carried all the way to fertilization. This does imply that cancererous cells would have better chances of passing on their DNA, but ...

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by wildfunguy
Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:50 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mutations and dependencies
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by PAWahid
Wed May 02, 2012 4:54 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular gene (genome) concept scientifically untenable
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by AstraSequi
Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What are the potential benefits of epigenetics research?
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Does cancer cells origin from stem cells?

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by poobear
Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:30 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Does cancer cells origin from stem cells?
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Re: 5 best proofs of evolution

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by Jonl1408
Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:52 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: 5 best proofs of evolution
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