Preachers hoping to be well-received usually find it wise not to begin their sermons with something that's depressing. But to broach this particular subject, it's probably best to get right to the bad news: "We are unlikely to ever find a cure for cancer." Repeat: We are unlikely to ever find a cure for cancer.
That statement comes from science writer Mark Wolverton, who was summarizing what he had learned from leading researchers in the field of oncology. Wolverton first reminds us that the trillions of cells within each one of us regularly divide to create new cells, but that, during that process, a mutated cell -- "an incorrect version of its former self" -- can be formed. But, he says, usually those cells can deal with it (he uses a lot of technical language).
The battle, however, is ongoing throughout our lives, and, "over the long run, the odds are against you. Every day, beginning from the moment you become a multicellular organism in your mother's womb, the cells of your body...
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