Apply the principle of exponential growth of a population of cells in a culture to the cells

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Apply the principle of exponential growth of a population of cells in a culture to the cells in a multicellular organism, such as yourself. There are about 1013 cells in your body. Assume that one cell has acquired mutations that allow it to divide in an uncontrolled manner to become a cancer cell. Some cancer cells can proliferate with a generation time of about 24 hours. If none of the cancer cells died, how long would it take before 1013 cells in your body would be cancer cells? (Use the equation N = N0 × 2t/G, with t the time and G the generation time.

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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