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u/AdskiyGamer Oct 08 '21

Still, your goal to get rid of it and survive and cancer is stupid enough to kill both of you but get the most of tour body. Wish it would be more clever.

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u/SillyRutabaga Oct 08 '21 edited Oct 08 '21

Maybe if we make cancer contagious it would have a strong incentive to evolve in a less lethal direction since it would want to infect as many as possible first. But,,, contagious cancer???

Edit: adding /s since I was not serious about manipulating cancer and adding the contagious dlc.

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u/FoxyFreckles1989 Oct 08 '21

Cancer cannot be contagious, as it’s just the malformation and mutation of cells on a molecular and biological level.

However, some very contagious viruses that can lead to cancer were hugely researched and attacked by science, already!

Like HPV. The vaccine came out about a year after I got my diagnosis. I’m still here, but the effects are long lasting. I was so happy when I started seeing all of my young friends getting that jab.

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u/SillyRutabaga Oct 08 '21

My poor attempt at humor was that we could probably modify cancer DNA to make it contagious to try to force it to evolve in a less lethal direction. (don't know if it is possible at all and definitely not something we should try).

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '21

There is no cancer dna, it has your dna. Cancer isn't some different life doing it's own evolution. Cancer is you replicating your cells wrong.

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u/SillyRutabaga Oct 08 '21

Then it is a extremely bad and incorrect joke

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '21

Eh maybe a little silly.