Day 12: Cancer

Today we learn more specific about cancer (when one part of your body decides it wants to live forever). We haven't cured cancer yet because the term is misleading. Cancer is not just one thing and there won't be just one cure. SciShow explains.

Long story short if you live long enough your cells will acquire enough mutations to develop cancer, but some large animals can live much longer without this problem. Kurzgesagt in a Nutshell looks at this paradox.

Yesterday you looked at some basic problems in the Immune System in Chapter 27 Section 3. Here's a run down of what you should have found in case you had any trouble.