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1. akomtu+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-08-03 20:08:52
The adaptability of cancer makes me think it's in fact a parasitic distributed lifeform, similar to fungus, that turns cells into zombies.
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2. Vecr+zm[view] [source] 2023-08-03 21:49:48
>>akomtu+(OP)
Cancer is your cells though, that's the problem.
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3. jbotz+ww[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-08-03 22:43:54
>>Vecr+zm
Usually, yes. But there do exist infectious cancers that spread between individuals. One is the face cancer that's been killing Tasmanian devils[0]... it started in one individual and spreads to others when they fight (biting each other). Apparently there's a similar (although rarer) cancers that's sexually transmitted between dogs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease

4. trepri+rP[view] [source] 2023-08-04 01:22:17
>>akomtu+(OP)
Isn't it more like dead cells that are being reawakened, switching to fermentation to create as much NAD+ as possible to grow as fast as possible?
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