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Neurons cannot form tumours. Give Reason...

Neurons cannot form tumours. Give Reason.

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1. Glial cells do not lose the ability to undergo cell division, so most brain tumours of neural origin consists of glial cells.
2. Neurons themselves do not form tumours because they are unable to divide and multiply.
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