The “Hallmarks of Cancer” were described for the first time in 2008 (and updated in 2011), as the subject of a landmark paper written by research scientists Douglas Hanahan and Robert A. Weinberg and published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell. The 2008 “Hallmarks of Cancer” paper defined six rules of interlocking processes that fed […]
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Broken Mirrors, The Number 13, Cancer & Bad Luck
This article has two companion pieces — “Cancer: The Perfect Storm On Planet You” and “Cancer And Voldemort: 10 Horcruxes To Disaster” — that help explain to the non-scientist how luck plays a very small part in the origins and avoidance of cancer. Cancer has about as much to do with bad luck as […]
Cancer And Voldemort: 10 Horcruxes To Disaster
This is Part 2 of 2 articles. Part 1 can be accessed here: Cancer: The Perfect Storm On Planet You Cancer is a lot like Lord Voldemort, the exceedingly evil villain of the Harry Potter series who had his soul divided among seven horcruxes in order to provide himself with immortality. In the Harry Potter […]
The Dose Is The Poison (Not Always!): Non-Monotonic Behavior
The phrase “The dose is the poison,” carries with it the implication that if something is toxic, then less will be less toxic. And a lot less is safe. This just seems so terribly logical: half as much is half as toxic. One-hundredth as much is one-hundredth as toxic. A millionth as much is a […]
Cancer: The Perfect Storm On Planet You
This is Part 1 of 2 articles. Part 2 can be accessed here: Cancer And Voldemort: 10 Horcruxes To Disaster Most cancers are years in the making and require repeated damage to your cells to become malignant. Your body is strong and robust. And like a well-armored battleship which can shake off one torpedo…or two […]
Strongest Evidence Yet Between BPA and Thyroid Cancer
Most studies to date have offered equivocal links between BPA and cancer, using terms like “associated with” and “linked to.” These vague connections fail to alert consumers to the actual connections. However, the original research we did at our old, proog-of-concept site, Nano-Active discovered solid, causal connections. This post is from the first connection we […]