On 10 Jul 2002 at 8:27, The Fool wrote: > My theory about why cancer exists. > > Natural selection works on all things that reproduce, include species, > ideas (memes), genetic programming systems, etc. Individual cells > also reproduce. The logical conclusion of the cell reproducing system > is cancer. A cancer cell is a virtually perfect, Immortal cell. More > importantly, A cancer produces the most descendants, in fact they > don't stop producing descendants until the host dies (or the host's > immune system irradicates it).
Sigh. A cancer cell is one in which the cell death mechanism has malfunctioned. Thus, when the body tells the cell to die (which it can do to any cell, any time), it doesn't. It just grows and divides and... Andy Dawn Falcon
