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Literally Cancer (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what cancer has to do with a closed environment. More like a failed "ecosystem in a jar*.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The body of an organism is a closed environment. It can be seen as an ecosystem of lots of different cells that live with in this environment. Cancer is just a mutation that allows some cells to replicate and spread through their environment in uncontrolled fashion.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

In abstraction, chemotherapy is the idea of "have you tried turning it off and on again" for the immune system.