Contact inhibition
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Contact inhibition is the process of arresting cell growth or locomotion when two or more cells come into contact with each other.
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This phenomenon is very useful in animal cell culture. This property tells us to differentiate between a normal and a cancerous cell. Actually a cancerous cell loses its property of "contact cell inhibition" thus their growth can't be controlled. Oncologists use this property to differentiate between a normal and cancerous cells.
This property of "contact cell inhibition can be related to growth of a nomal human being;whereby there is growth in height till a certain age.
