In that case, either we are engineered badly (genetic) or there are factors that cause cells to go rogue (epigenetic). We still need to find the root cause.
I have a hard time believing there are faults in the way we are designed.
In that case, either we are engineered badly (genetic) or there are factors that cause cells to go rogue (epigenetic). We still need to find the root cause.
I have a hard time believing there are faults in the way we are designed.
People are working on ways to end cancer. Aubrey de Grey has a plan[1] which, unlike his others for fighting aging, I think is totally crazy but hey at least someone is working on it. But its certainly not something that could evolve in nature.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategies_for_Engineered_Negl...
Likely a result of letting their niche be taken by descendants made them more adaptable than ones which lived until other constraints or more or less bad luck (cummulative fatality risks over time) killed them.