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Cancer Is Not Something Confined To Human Beings. It's Found In All Multi Cellular Organisms Where The Adult Cells Proliferate, So It's Widespread In The Biosphere. It's A Phenomenon That Is Deeply Related To The History Of Life Itself, So By Studying Cancer I Think We Can Illuminate The History Of Life Itself And Vice Versa.

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Cancer Is Not Something Confined To Human

Cancer Is Not Something Confined To Human Beings. It's Found In All Multi Cellular Organisms Where The Adult Cells Proliferate, So It's Widespread In The Biosphere. It's A Phenomenon That Is Deeply Related To The History Of Life Itself, So By Studying Cancer I Think We Can Illuminate The History Of Life Itself And Vice Versa.

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