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Single molecules of plastic getting involved in the process of rna transcription in cells resulting in genetic mutations or cancers.
by saberience 3y ago
Single molecules of plastic getting involved in the process of rna transcription in cells resulting in genetic mutations or cancers.
- BitsOfBeard 3y agoThat's the spot!
- renewiltord 3y agoWould a single molecule causing a single cancerous cell be sufficient to trigger a cancer? EDIT: Should have searched. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/how-cancer-starts https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer... It checks out that a single unchecked self-reproducing cell could rapidly create a lot of them. I just thought there'd be control mechanisms to cause other cells to attack them. But it is realistic apparently! Welp!
- userbinator 3y agoOf course there are control mechanisms. The question is whether plastics are more or less carcinogenic than everything else we deliberately consume. All signs so far suggest less, far less.
- renewiltord 3y agoSure, sure. I was only interested in the no-minimum-threshold model and what were the causative things there. As always, I should have asked ChatGPT since it had a pretty good explanation.