View Full Version : Just a few observations on cells. Most of it not official as far as i know.


John99
10-29-07, 08:48 PM
OK, i just thought of this. And decided to put it down while it is still fresh.

First this:

Is it true that cancer cells are normal cells that replicate billions of times forming tumors?

Now for the good part:

These cells shed and can become partf of oth organs. is that right? so cancer cells are not in and of themselves bad they just dont die after reproducing a few times. Can you also conclude that cancer cells are in actuality more advanced? if the goal\rule of living organisms is their own self preservation. It seems to me this is hard coded throughout complete organisms possibly not only in the the brain but every living cell has this codeing. If we find the base of this coding can we apply it to failing\dying organs? Failure of this codeing is what leads to loss of desire for life thus affecting normal thought processes in realtion to what the goal of living organisms is. Ah, i just noticed a major flaw in this. Feel free to add to it anyway.

Klippymitch
10-29-07, 09:13 PM
I thought cancer is where a DNA strand is damaged and cannot repair itself correctly leading to a mutation.

I'm not sure though I haven't read much on the subject.

John99
10-29-07, 09:21 PM
I thought cancer is where a DNA strand is damaged and cannot repair itself correctly leading to a mutation.

I'm not sure though I haven't read much on the subject.

ok, it could be.

Exhumed
10-29-07, 10:17 PM
It seems to me this is hard coded throughout complete organisms possibly not only in the the brain but every living cell has this codeing. If we find the base of this coding can we apply it to failing\dying organs? Failure of this codeing is what leads to loss of desire for life thus affecting normal thought processes in realtion to what the goal of living organisms is.

You could not apply the same code, and it does not involve desire.

When a mutation in DNA happens, we have evolved regulation that will kill the cell before it replicates, but when a mutation interferes with these regulations than they cannot be killed. This just means it is not self-terminated like normal, it does not have any useful adaptation that could be applied in general. It is probably something specific like a mutation in a gene for a protein receptor that receives the signal to kill itself.