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My plebeian mind finds it interesting the process quality itself is still the same, only the speed changes. This changes the problem from “change fundamental qu
by SanderNL 4y ago
My plebeian mind finds it interesting the process quality itself is still the same, only the speed changes. This changes the problem from “change fundamental quality of the process” to “change the speed of the process”, which, again to my unwashed and illiterate eyes, seems like an useful and possibly exciting distinction.
- GenerocUsername 4y agoBut it might not be that simple. Perhaps it's 'faster' because it's doing less error checking.
- derefr 4y agoMy understanding of how the development of cancer works is that all the error-checking mechanisms in a cell have to become damaged, before a cell can be damaged in such a way that it mutates into a cancer cell, because if they aren't all damaged before that, then one of them will find the "error" going on, and self-destruct the cell. Cancer itself, then, is a constructive proof that DNA damage can disable DNA-transcription-time error-checking mechanisms. The question in my mind, then, is whether those safety mechanisms are "blocking" / "synchronous" steps done during DNA transcription, such that disabling them would make DNA transcription occur faster. If they are, that would neatly explain the observed effect.
- hoseja 4y agoNot really, a lot of cancer mitigation is done by the immune system.