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Re:Why cancer cells waste so much energy by utbabya on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:08PM (#25799247)
> "on a long enough timeline, every cell is a cancer cell."

So does that mean for the off chance we live long enough for aging reversal to be developed and affordable we'd still die of cancer? :)

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Re:Why cancer cells waste so much energy by wittyreference on Saturday January 16, 2021 @10:35AM (#25802842)
Nah, it just means that:

(a) True cancer cures will be more dynamic than cutting bits off, like very sophisticated immune therapies, or

(b) We'll get really good at replacing cut off bits.

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