Correlation between mutagenicity and carcinogenicity

CORRELATION BETWEEN MUTAGENICITY AND CARCINOGENICITY

  • For many years it has been recognised that most of the strongly mutagenic agents, such as ionizing radiations, UV light and chemicals like those discussed earlier are carcinogenic.
  • Somatic mutations can cause cancer.
  • Mutation in a gene involved in the control of cell division can cause loss of normal control of cell division.
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