NEET Biology question

Assertion: Cancer cells are virtually immortal until the body, in which they reside, dies. Reason: Cancer is caused by damage to genes regulating the cell division cycle.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is NOT correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

Cancer cells do proliferate indefinitely and are described as virtually immortal, making the assertion true, and this uncontrolled, unending proliferation results precisely from damage to

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