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The Cheating Cell
How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer
Book • 2024
In *The Cheating Cell*, Athena Aktipis presents cancer as an evolutionary phenomenon where cells cheat on the cooperative rules of multicellular organisms.
She argues that understanding cancer through this lens can lead to new approaches in prevention and treatment.
The book discusses how evolutionary trade-offs and the breakdown of cellular cooperation are fundamental to cancer's development and progression.
She argues that understanding cancer through this lens can lead to new approaches in prevention and treatment.
The book discusses how evolutionary trade-offs and the breakdown of cellular cooperation are fundamental to cancer's development and progression.
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Mentioned in 4 episodes
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Rob Wiblin
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#144 – Athena Aktipis on why cancer is actually one of our universe's most fundamental phenomena
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Rob Wiblin
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#144 Classic episode – Athena Aktipis on why cancer is a fundamental universal phenomena
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Erin Welsh
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Ep 203 Cancer Part 2: Why does it happen?
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Kathryn Paige Harden
#476 - The Genetics of Original Sin: A Dialogue with Kathryn Paige Harden
