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But it might not be that simple. Perhaps it's 'faster' because it's doing less error checking.
by GenerocUsername 3y ago
But it might not be that simple. Perhaps it's 'faster' because it's doing less error checking.
- derefr 3y 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 3y agoNot really, a lot of cancer mitigation is done by the immune system.