Living things are so full of complicated systems of cells and DNA, that things are bound to go wrong. And sometimes when things go wrong, cancer is the result. Today on Tangents we talk about the causes, health impacts, and potential cures (both real and fake) of cancer.
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Norman Baker
https://historycollection.co/norman-baker-man-claimed-cure-cancer/
Cow War
Animal Testes Transplant
The Philosophy of Success Book
https://archive.org/details/Law_Of_Success_in_16_Lessons
[Fact Off]
Turtle fossil bone cancer:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2723578
Parasite-human cancer transmission:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p1104-parasite-tumors.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tapeworm-spreads-deadly-cancer-to-human/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190325110313.htm
[Ask the Science Couch]
General:
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/infectious-agents/hpv-and-cancer
https://www.popsci.com/transmissible-cancers-animals/
Tasmanian devil:
https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/about/DFTD
https://www.nature.com/articles/onc2009350
https://elifesciences.org/articles/35314
Clams:
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(15)00243-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature18599
[Butt One More Thing]
Farts & cancer:
https://time.com/2976464/scientists-say-smelling-farts-might-prevent-cancer/
https://pubs.rsc.org/En/content/articlelanding/2014/md/c3md00323j#!divAbstract