http://nautil.us/blog/the-problem-with-the-mutation_centric-view-of-cancer
> How should we study the origins of cancer?
>
> My lab has been researching the origins of cancers for the last 15 to 17
> years. We’re trying to understand cancer from an evolutionary viewpoint,
> understanding how
Yes, absolutely chemotherapy would alter (I don't know about "reset") the
micro-environments. I think this is the essence of Longo's fasting argument.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216103923.htm Since chemo is
essentially a targeted poison, though, you have to wonder
Glen writes:
"Non-poison therapies like stem cells or antibodies would be doubly uncertain
because, at least with any poison, you'll be forcing your body to fight for
life and scarce resources (ATP, sugar, ...). "
I mean to balance culling of developed/adapted cells, it would be good to have
Glen writes:
"In order to *perform* as a whole body, whatever supplements you're providing
to promote one thing over another, you are also curtailing everything else.
The body reacts to extreme exercise in the same way it reacts to fasting, by
restricting which systems get the extra juice."
Wouldn't chemotherapy also reset the the micro-environments? Has chemotherapy
ever been given to animals before they have cancer to see if it has a
preventative function?
Could one imagine healthy people above a certain age (esp. the Elysium 1%)
getting stem cell transplantation every few
On 09/04/2017 01:26 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I mean to balance culling of developed/adapted cells, it would be good to
> have stored blueprints in a refrigerator somewhere so that the poison doesn't
> harm them.
I don't understand what you're saying, really. If we refine chemo so that it
Exactly. And I think it also applies solely within fasting. Contrast these
Silicon Valley guru types who are fasting mostly for the nootropic effects
versus, say, someone fasting to lower their insulin resistance are likely to
engage in different behaviors during their fasting. Which
Marcus and Glen,
As it happens, I am finishing the last chapter of THE EMPEROR OF MALADIES
