Rejuvenation and Cancer
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Cancer itself is like uncontrolled "rejuvenation" in an organism: "rejuvenation" went awry. | Cancer itself is like uncontrolled "rejuvenation" in an organism: "rejuvenation" went awry. | ||
| - | Like | + | Like stem cells or embryonic cells, cancer cells do not age and can proliferate |
without limits. Cancer cells and small tumors influence their environment to increase | without limits. Cancer cells and small tumors influence their environment to increase | ||
| - | local blood supply. | + | local blood supply and they suppress the maternal immune system, just like embryos. |
| + | Cancer cells act like embryonic cells, who proliferate vigorously, are | ||
capable of extensive migration, and secrete factors that increase the local supply of blood. | capable of extensive migration, and secrete factors that increase the local supply of blood. | ||
In general one can find many similarities [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cancer-clues-from-embryos]: | In general one can find many similarities [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cancer-clues-from-embryos]: | ||
