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How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? - George Zaidan

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How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie in cell division. George Zaidan explains how rapid cell division is cancer’s "strength" -- and also its weakness.

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Meet The Creators

Director
Biljana Labović
Artist
Celeste Lai
Educator
Charles Morton, George Zaidan
Animator
Lisa LaBracio
Narrator
George Zaidan

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