Your DNA is like a complex software code (the genetic code) that has the precise information required to run a machine — your body. Your genes, the specific lines of that code, instruct your body about how to maintain different cells, tissues, and organs. These lines issue precise instructions about when a particular cell should divide, grow, and eventually die, maintaining a proper balance in the body. But sometimes mutations and glitches can appear in the code that cause the breakdown of this tightly regulated normal process, resulting in uncontrolled cell division. Cancer, a condition where cells continue to divide without following instructions, develops as a result of this software malfunction. The genes that cause cancer are, indeed, an integral part of our genetic codes. Consequently, they can mutate at any point. As a result, these changes can eventually become one of the primary causes of cancer.