Cancer: A Mistake in the Recipe

Each of our cells have DNA. DNA is what our cells use to make copies of themselves.

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It is just like using instructions for building Lego sets. We follow the instructions and build something cool like a spaceship!

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If the instructions are wrong or we read them wrong, we end up building something else that doesn’t work. The DNA in our cells can sometimes get messed up or read wrong by our cells.

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When our cells try to make a copy of themselves with the bad DNA, they end up making a cell that isn’t healthy. These unhealthy cells continue to read their mixed up DNA and make copies of themselves. This is how cancer starts.