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Cancer is not a specific thing. It's like saying: White People do X - not only not ALL, not often not even more than one. "White People" is a label that ignor
by xyzzy21 6y ago
Cancer is not a specific thing.
It's like saying: White People do X - not only not ALL, not often not even more than one. "White People" is a label that ignores individuals and no two are the same. Sometimes similar but never the same.
Each type of cancer is as unique as each human is genetically and behaviorally. So when you "get cancer" it's not unusual for the genetic profile and identity to change as much as human genetics changes in a dozen generations for the same reasons that bacteria can evolve super quickly. Most cancer recurrences are a genetic drift that takes over "the cancer" from the prior species that has been put into remission.
This is why cancer treatments now are increasingly including full DNA sequencing to figure out exactly what sub-sub-species it is to tailor to known genetic weaknesses and treatment strengths. Honestly it's a complexity explosion rather than any type of "victory". It's proven that there never will be a victory with some type of singular "magic bullet".
And in the end, we will all die. No "transhumanism" is NEVER going to change that or save the day. It's childish and reality ignoring to believe it will.
We are actually trading between cancer and lifespan - at a molecular level. There's a scientific paper about this from maybe 10 years ago I can't find easily but that's the actual trade-off of living at all. All living things have the same trade-off.