Are cancers newly evolved species?

Guilian F. -- This article mostly talked about how cancer might be a newly evolved species. Its tells us that Cancer is an organism the depends on it's host for food. But otherwise operates independently. It doesn't depend on other cells for survival. It doesn't follow orders like other cells in the body, and it can grow where, when and how it likes, that’s what species are all about. To quote a sentence from the article: "The disrupted chromosomes of newly evolved cancers are visible in a microscope," witch means that it may be possible to detect cancers earlier. It also talked about how many great scientists have had theories about cancer being a living organism but have just recently made a breakthrough. Chromosomal disruption, called aneuploidy, is known to cause disease like Down syndrome. The scientist on the project, Duesberg, hopes that the carcinogen sis-equals-speciation theory will spur new approaches to diagnosing and treating cancer.

To me this is pretty scary stuff. To just have to deal with the fact that you have cancer and might die is supper frightening. But to know that its actually a living thing trying to kill you is kind of depressing. But I am glad that the scientist, Duesberg, has found more information about this subject. For many years cancer has been a disease that we have not yet found a cure for, but maybe this information can help us discover more in the future.

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