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Comment by agumonkey

I forgot but let me try:

- cancerous cells often break the mitochondria forcing cell into a secondary respiration mode

- they also trigger vascular growth but chaotically

- since the cell is in this alternative respiration, they don't need normal arteries to get energy so the chaotic arterial network they grow is not a problem

- IIRC this network also impedes chemotoxins to reach the cell as fast as normal cells

- if you starve your body from sugar, you'll hurt the normal cells (which are in full respiration mode) while the cancerous will keep their metabolysm

It was a bunch of things like this but when you take distance, you have a dysfunctional cell that somehow is setup to construct a near perfect bed of survival in his own destructive processes.. it's almost smart.

parent agumonkey 6 years ago

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