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Biology
Vocabulary
| Cyclin | One of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells. |
| Growth Factors | One of a group of external regulatory proteins that simulate the growth and division of cells. |
| Apoptosis | The process of programmed cell death. |
| Cancer | Disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth. |
| Tumor | Mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue. |
| Embyro | Developing stage of a multicellular organism |
| Differentation | Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function. |
| Totipotent | Cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body. |