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Why is the heart the only organ that never becomes cancerous?
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Easy idea: Of all the organs in the body, the heart has the fewest cells ordinarily involved with cell division. This is as you'd want it -- it's the most stable structure. Cells need to divide to propagate altered genes if a cancer is going to develop. Cartilage comes in as a close second here.
Answered 12/22/2014
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