Biology GCSE
Viruses and uncontrolled cell division
What Viruses and uncontrolled cell division means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Viruses living in cells can be the trigger for cancers by disrupting normal control of cell division, so cells divide uncontrollably and a tumour forms.
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