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http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/375886/cancer_resembles_life_1_billion_years_ago_say_astrobi
ologists/

>> No.2506700

Wait,
lol

>> No.2506704
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>Cancer is an evolutionary throwback, resembling early multicellular life, and flourishes when the more evolutionarily recent genes that regulate cellular cooperation fail.

Well, shit (if that's true).

>> No.2506709

in b4 evolution vs religion

>> No.2506714

holy fuck thats cool

>> No.2506715
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>astrobiology

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>One piece of evidence to support this theory is that cancers appear in virtually all metazoans, with the notable exception of the bizarre naked mole rat.

>> No.2506756

>"Cancer is not going anywhere evolutionarily; it just starts up all over again in the next patient."

I thought that was pretty obvious

>> No.2506783

>>2506750

They're on chemo which is why they're hairless

>> No.2506819

ɘɔnɘiɔƧ

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>One might say that the appearance of tumors in the body is a manifestation of the inner Metazoan 1.0 in all of us.

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>>2506694
The aliens face when.

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>rather high degree of cooperative organization among cancer cells. The most striking example of this is angiogenesis, in which an entire tumor builds its own blood supply for the common good of all the tumor cells.

>> No.2506871

>>2506694
How is this not obvious?
Cells gave up their independence for the multicellular organism.
Cancers are mutations where cells regain their independence and replicate freely.

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>>2506871
> Independence
>organism without consciousness
>mfw

>> No.2506898

>>2506879
Metaphorically speaking. Cells in multicellular organisms have mechanisms for apoptosis, that is, they will "kill themselves" if they are harmful to the larger organism.

Anyways, I was a bit rash with my original statement. After reading the article, I realized that they are advancing the theory that cancers are not just rogue mutated cells, but merely cells reverting to older multicellular behaviors.

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Cancer cells are libertarian cells fighting against the oppressive rule of the oppressive authoritarian communist Body.

True patriots.

>> No.2507004

>>2506909

>mfw that is basically the first thing I thought of as well.
>I don't actually have a face image.

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>>2506909
I lol'd

>> No.2507066

>>2506694
Holy shit if this is right, that's an insanely awesome discovery.

>> No.2507198

>>2506879
Why would something have to have consciousness to have independence? Are you retarded?

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mfw we already have a cure for cancer but we aren't ready to release it yet. which i unfortunately agree with.

we need like, at least 40% of the population wiped out before we start super-breeding.

mwf