1. Not all cells move through the ________ ________ at the same rate.
2. Experiments show that the controls on cell ______________ and cell __________
can be turned on and off.
3. Tim Hunt and Mark Kirschner discovered that cells in mitosis contained a
protein that when injected into a nondividing cell, would cause a ____________
spindle to form.
4. ____________ regulate the timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells.
5. There are ___________ types of regulatory proteins.
6. ____________ ____________ allow the cell cycle to proceed only when certain
process have happened inside the cell.
7. External regulators direct cells to ____________ up or ____________ down
the cell cycle.
8. Growth ____________ are among the most important external regulators.
9. Molecules found on the surfaces of _______________ cells often have an opposite
effect, causing cells to slow down or stop their cell cycles.
10. ____________ is a disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the
ability to control growth.
11. Cancer cells do not ____________ to the signals that regulate the growth
of most cells.
12. Masses of cancer cells form ____________ that can damage normal tissues.
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13. The Various forms of cancer have many causes, including ____________________,
___________________, and even ____________________
14. An astonishing number of cancer cells have a ____________ in a gene called
p53.
15. Cancer is a disease of the _________ __________.
16. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the potential to _______________.
17. Researchers have found that _______________ of stem cells can reverse the
effects of brain injuries in mice.
18. Embryonic stem cell research is highly _______________.