How do gene mutations cause cancer?
Genes are responsible for all the activities that go on inside any of your cells. They produce the proteins that carry out all of life’s functions. The cells ability to regulate its reproductive rate is of major importance. Remember you start from one cell, a fertilized egg, and eventually turn into trillions in a very controlled manner. A cell that is dividing uncontrollably and can invade and damage normal tissues is cancer. The dividing of a cell from one into two is an incredibly complex process involving thousands of genes and the proteins they produce. If a number of genes in a cell are altered, either by mutation or epigenetic factors, the cell becomes a renegade and begins dividing without considering the community to which it belongs.
