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The
Story of Cancer…
Meet my friend Lizzy. |
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Hi!
I am Lizzy, the liver cell, and I am going to share with you about
how I developed cancer.
First let me tell you more about myself. |
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| I live
with all my friends in the liver. We have many friends in different parts of the human body. All of us are cells; the very tiny `building blocks' that make up all living things. We are so small that we can only be seen by looking through a microscope. |
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| Your body is made up of trillions of cells that reproduce, grow, and mature into different types of cells that do different jobs in the body. There are nerve cells, muscle, blood cells, skin cells, and liver cells like me! Groups of these different types of cells then come together to form your organs (i.e. heart, lungs, liver and skin etc). Each of your organs is made up of many different types of cells, that work in co-operation with each other and each cell has a particular function within that organ. For example, some of my friends who are muscle cells, nerve cells and blood cells live and work together in the heart. The muscle cells pump blood while the nerve cells conduct the electrical signals that cause muscle cells to contract. | ||||||||||
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