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A cells division (mitosis)is dependent on anchorage, among other things. A cell has to go through a series of checkpoints before it is ready to divide. This is to make sure, that when the cell divides, it has replicated it's DNA.

Ultimately, MPF (mitosis promoting factor) controls cell division.

Cancer is when a cell divides uncontrollable, regardless of whether there is room to do so or not, and is a result from a mutation in the base sequence of a gene which encodes the production of MPF.

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