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Survivalist? You do realize once the loved one dies,the cells have to die too. A bit counter-inituitive..
by vorejdajo 5y ago
Survivalist? You do realize once the loved one dies,the cells have to die too. A bit counter-inituitive..
- tasty_freeze 5y agoIt is a tragedy of the commons scenario. The individual actors have no conscience or plan, of course, but it all amounts to the same: some cells can morph into freeloaders and those that morph into the most aggressive replicators "win" in the short term.
- djmips 5y agoUnless perhaps if the cancer is transmissible.
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- jcims 5y agoYes, quite. Sometimes it's too successful and outstrips its resource. Sounds familiar. If you have a word you prefer I invite you to use it in the future.
- inawarminister 5y agoSome cells survive the death of their organism. Like the HeLa line of cells. There's an interesting and tragic story behinds it too...