If evolution has brought us this far and scientist cannot find a cure for cancer could it be possible for evolution to provide a cure or provide the way to a cure?
2007-05-20 03:58:22 · 9 answers · asked by james h 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No. Evolution is not an entity who can chose to find a cure, but a blind process. Every organism is different, and where those differences promote survival, the particular organism survives and reproduces; where the differences do not help, the organism is hindered accordingly. At one point, there appeared what we call intelligence in animals. In short, they competed against each other, where the smarter animals survived, and in time we humans appeared, the smartest animal. The only way to use evolution to prevent cancer is by selective breeding of cancer-free humans, and not to breed the ones that do get cancer. I believe it is impossible. All humans are susceptible to some cancer; it is in the nature of what makes each person different. Also, cancer can be triggered by the environment, and it is impossible to offer all protection.
As to provide a cure, it may be possible. Any disease progress differently in each person. To us, it looks like a random factor. I am sure this is true because of chemical differences in the bodies of the people affected. If we manage to replicate the chemical conditions of the people who heal quickly in others who do not normally heal, we may cure the cancer. Of course, such possibility assumes a lot more body knowledge than present.
2007-05-20 04:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by epistemology 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The cure for cancer will be found when the humane genome is finally completed and the complete dna responsible for the different types of cancer is located.
I believe it will be in the near future and not only cancer but many other types of health problems will be cured, the problem after that will be how to deal with the overpopulation in the world.
2007-05-24 00:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible. Assume that cancer has become an extremely prolific disease (it could be possible in the future) and virtually everyone can have it. Many will die, and yet there will be those who will survive through it. By natural selection, cancer will be eliminated (at least in the human population). This is highly unlikely though, because cancer isn't a very common disease, the survivability of cancer patients nowadays are tremendously increased due to improved medical care, and we are well on our way to finding a cure for cancer.
2007-05-20 04:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bernonix™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treatment of cancer has been improving over the years and better and better results are being obtained. I believe we are not far from a cure for most cancers.
Evolution works over millions of years. It would select for people resistant to cancer only if cancer kills before people reach reproductive age. That is clearly not the case. Most cancers occur in middle age and later and resistance to these cancers would not confer a survival advantage since the genes would by then have already been passed on to the next generation.
2007-05-20 05:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by Vinay K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because cancer simply means you're dying.
Evolutionists of all people cannot cure anything, and they will never produce life and this is why cancer cannot be cured, only halted by light for a time, but once a person gets cancer, he is actully dying since for some reason, life refuses to exist in him. Something within HIM repulsed forever and he is now a dying entity.
Evolutionists are actually the friend of the cancer patient to make it happen and his observer to study why for some reason life has rejected this person's existence.
It might have to do with his emotional state or his mental or even his past.
His brain might show some threat to the future survival of the human race, so death takes him out.
Cancer is just a word, but in reality, the person is dying.
Intelligent Design isn't trying to cure cancer, it understands that cancer is here because of sin.
Sin is here because of disobedience to God's laws.
Only Christ is the answer.
2007-05-20 05:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I doubt finance is a difficulty keeping decrease back a scientific care, if there have been a scientific care already. And undergo in techniques, cancer is an umbrella term that encompasses multiple diverse illnesses. Chemotherapy isn't one drugs the two. there are a number of categories that artwork in yet differently on categories of cancer. I wish we knew what reasons cancers in the 1st place, then finding a scientific care could be much less complicated.
2016-10-05 10:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution will cure cancer well before intelligent design.
2007-05-20 05:50:44 · answer #7 · answered by jackbutler5555 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution has already given us a cure for cancer
1. The mind necassary for creating such a cure
2. Some people are already immune to some types of cancer
2007-05-20 04:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Chaotic Melody 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lets hope so.
2007-05-20 04:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by Rachel Bitchface 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋