Do we all have cancer cells?

But if just one of those cells makes a mistake or “mutates” than presto! we have formed a potentially microscopic cancer. The good news is that most of these abnormal cells will never become dangerous because our bodies have excellent defenses against cancer. read more

"Cancer can occur when the normal checkpoints in the cell cycle are misregulated somehow and the [unhealthy] cell starts dividing," Loros says. Usually, a powerful protein called P-53 will trigger tumor suppression if damage is detected at the checkpoint, causing a potential cancer to stop dead in its tracks. read more

questions about cancer that I alluded to earlier requires thinking out of the box, arguing that in fact we do all get cancer and maybe almost all of us adults have cancer cells in us right this moment. read more