NANOBOT : A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR CANCER TREATMENT
CANCER - IN A NUTSHELL Fig : Uncontrolled cell division Cancers are a large family of diseases that involve abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.They form a subset of neoplasm. A neoplasm or tumor is a group of cells that have undergone unregulated growth and will often form a mass or lump, but may be distributed diffusely. All tumor cells show the 6 hallmarks of cancer . These characteristics are required to produce a malignant tumor. They include: Cell growth and division absent the proper signals Continuous growth and division even given contrary signals Avoidance of programmed cell death Limitless number of cell divisions Promoting blood vessel construction Invasion of tissue and formation of metastasis. The progression from normal cells to cells that can form a detectable mass to outright cancer involves multiple steps known as malignant progression. NANOBOT - WHAT I...