There was some research headlined on HN within the last year that suggested aging was nature's response to cancer. Something like: if our cells replicated at a

There was some research headlined on HN within the last year that suggested aging was nature's response to cancer. Something like: if our cells replicated at a "young rate" for all our lives, replication mistakes would have us dying of cancer at a higher rate. So nature slows down cell replication to prevent cancer growth. I'll try to find the link. Feel free to reply with such if you find it before I do.