At any given time, I’ll bet every single human has cells that resemble or are cancer. We have trillions of cells that are constantly being replicated. Our bodies are remarkably good at hunting out and eliminating cells that are atypical.
The problem with cancer is when it tricks your immune system or replicates faster than the immune system can keep up.
This is reminiscent of [this paper](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4471149/), which showed that many/most cells in the skin around the yes (which are exposed to sunlight) already have known cancer “driver” mutations.
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At any given time, I’ll bet every single human has cells that resemble or are cancer. We have trillions of cells that are constantly being replicated. Our bodies are remarkably good at hunting out and eliminating cells that are atypical.
The problem with cancer is when it tricks your immune system or replicates faster than the immune system can keep up.
Another reason I don’t trust Big Cancer
[Paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08129-x).
This is reminiscent of [this paper](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4471149/), which showed that many/most cells in the skin around the yes (which are exposed to sunlight) already have known cancer “driver” mutations.