• kadu@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Biologically, this argument makes no sense, it’s almost certainly written by somebody not familiar with physiology and just trying to sound poetic. That or a journalists severely misinterpreting a quote or analogy from a researcher, which also happens quite a lot.

      Cancers have a gigantic variety of causes, but a purposeful signaling pathway is not one.

    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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      What a load of bollocks. Natural cell mutation causes both evolution as well as unwanted side effects, of which cancerous cells are one.