Bump keys are keys cut to a special design that will allow them to be used for picking pin-tumbler locks. Pin-tumbler locks are the world's most popular lock, and these include exterior door entry locks for homes. The process of gaining entry using a bump key is called âbumping,â and it can be very effective.
1 An oncogene may cause a cell to secrete growth factors even though it does not normally do so. 2  It will thereby induce its own uncontrolled proliferation (autocrine loop), and proliferation of neighboring cells. 3  It may also cause production of growth hormones in other parts of the body.
Attacking inflammation, infection and cancer. Thus, by selectively killing their targets and interacting with their environment, NK cells can protect us from diseases by amplifying or reducing immune responses. Yet their role in vivo is still widely debated.