alt Hacker NewsCancer is the price we pay for complex multicellular life. It’s not a failsafe, it’s the failure of all failsafes to regulate cellular growth within an organism.
Cancer is the price we pay for complex multicellular life. It’s not a failsafe, it’s the failure of all failsafes to regulate cellular growth within an organism.
Larger mammals with many more cells have additional protections against cancer
Such as longer and more numerous telomeres
Hence why the human situation stands out to me and can’t be reduced to “it just is“. Some other mammals have it worse though