Lord Voldemort seeks immortality to rule over the wizarding and muggle world forever. As his loyal servant, you point out to him that in his quest for horcruxes, he has forgotten about the importance of avoiding cancer as he ages. Specifically, which of the following magical spells should he learn to use? A spell that… decreases DNA repair accuracy during mitosis makes him smaller (e.g., fewer total cells) Increase the rate of mitosis increases his number of copies of p53  all of the above none of the above

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