NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
What is contact inhibition?
Options
- AA property of cancer cells
- BA property of normal cells
- CA type of tumor
- DA type of treatment
Correct answer
B. A property of normal cells
Step-by-step solution
In our body, cell growth and differentiation is highly controlled and regulated. In cancer cells, there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms. Normal cells show a property called contact inhibition by virtue of which contact with other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth. Cancer cells appears to have lost this property. As a result of this, cancerous cells just continue to divide giving rise to masses of cells called tumors