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cpncrunch 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Chronic stress spreads cancer

Apoptosis happens at a cellular level and is controlled by higher systems such as cytokines. You haven't evolved to die, but your cells have evolved to die when instructed to.

kjkjadksj 5 months ago [–]

Isn’t that the same thing?

jijijijij 5 months ago | [–]

No. It's all about gamete survival.

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