Why does cancer exist at all?

[Mindful]

In search of an answer, science turns to elephants, mice and ancient life.​

Why does cancer exist at all? The answer may lie in deep time

Cancer has touched most of our lives, taking down friends in their prime and plaguing the older years of loved ones. But — from a biological perspective — why?

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mindful]

In the beginning, there was cancer​

To get to the heart of why we get cancer, we need to go back in time. Way back, more than 700 million years, to when life on Earth changed forever.

For the first few billion years of life on our planet, single-celled organisms had the globe to themselves.

But at some point in deep time, cells began to team up and multicellular life arose.

 

[Quasar44]

In the beginning, there was cancer​

To get to the heart of why we get cancer, we need to go back in time. Way back, more than 700 million years, to when life on Earth changed forever.

For the first few billion years of life on our planet, single-celled organisms had the globe to themselves.

But at some point in deep time, cells began to team up and multicellular life arose.

Let me answer
It all comes to the laws of physics
The second law of thermodynamics talks about how disorder and chaos is the norm with time

Essentially, the build up of genetic errors over time in the genes is what causes C

 

[Quasar44]

As you get older - the 2nd law becomes more obvious and you may get Cancer

 

[SGwinn96]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

 

[initforme]

Chemicals in food, water, and industrial chemicals are easily to blame.