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What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is Cancer age related? I thought it could happen to anyone. But much more likely to happen when your older.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 9 months ago

Well yes, but a) the immune system gobbles up bad cells, but becomes less efficient as it ages b) point mutations accumulate with age => increases the risk of cells going haywire.