Re: ecosystems

Jan Hardenbergh (jch@NELL.OKI.COM)
Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:55:00 E


>> Ah, that it were that simple! Yes, that's involved, but the the
forgetting seems
>> to be hidden in the signalling patterns between cells. That's why so
many theories
>> of cancer have come and gone. They look for mechanistic explanations,
"carcinogens"
>> (genes, viruses, oxidants or other chemicals) but never find a single
mechanism.
>> Apoptosis, programed cell death, and its deregulation seems also to be
involved.
>> Another example of how the "cancellation principle" is another way of
looking at
>> homeostasis.

There is apoptosis which popped up in pop literature this summer and then
there
is another method of bloating and bursting, isn't there?

-Jan