Chemotherapy kills cancer cells because of its ability to:

A) synthesize RNA
B) synthesize DNA
C) stop cell division
D) increase cell division


C) stop cell division
The ability of chemotherapy to kill cancer cells depends on its ability to stop cell division–usually by damaging the RNA or DNA that tells the cell how to copy itself for division.

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What will be an ideal response?

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