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> Do cancers typically do good things at their baseline? I mean, true, a cancer will probably destroy its host organism. But what about the cells whose mutatio
by Mordisquitos 2y ago
> Do cancers typically do good things at their baseline?
I mean, true, a cancer will probably destroy its host organism. But what about the cells whose mutations allow them to think outside the box, and replicate and expand beyond their wildest dreams by throwing away the limits imposed by overbearing genetic regulations and expectations of the organism? Isn't that a good thing?
- hiAndrewQuinn 2y ago(I agree with you, based on the point being made here, but I'm actually here to say I stumbled across your earlier comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41828485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41828485 and wanted to say "holy crap". I apologize for interrupting your current thread, it was just too astonishing a medical recovery story for me not to say something.)
- Mordisquitos 2y agoNo apology needed, I'm very happy that you found my old comment so interesting!