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Cancer cells have really long telomeres, and they can divide indefinitely, and that is the problem with cancer: cancer is dividing cells that won't stop and they won't die.
Original Video：How Long Will You Live?
Key Vocabulary
1. telomere
telomere
[ˈte.lə.mɪr](n.)
2. indefinite
indefinite
[ɪnˈdef.ən.ət](adj.)
3. divide
divide
[dɪˈvaɪd](v.)
thought Whatever u5 years ago
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309-06胡祐寧5 years ago
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Leong Yew Meng5 years ago
This is the double-edged sword of telomeres and telomerase.
Cancer cells have really long telomeres, and they can divide indefinitely, and that is the problem with cancer: cancer is dividing cells that won't stop and they won't die.
So, in a way, cancer is the immortal cell living within us.
So maybe we've developed the aging process, maybe we have telomeres that shorten for a very good reason because otherwise, they could become cancerous.
Jimmy5 years ago
Cancer cells have really long telomeres, and they can divide indefinitely, and that is the problem with cancer: cancer is dividing cells that won't stop and they won't die.
Tran.quoc.Dam.06065 years ago
Cancer cells have really long telomeres, and they can divide indefinitely, and that is the problem with cancer: cancer is dividing cells that won't stop and they won't die.
white3 days ago