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To: zonder who wrote (55)	7/28/2005 12:02:28 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 520

I want to know if the normal cells have some form of limited competition. I am tempted to say "No", but again, I can't pretend to know everything there is to know on the subject. But I do know that "competing for resources" is the definition of a cancerous cell. I don't know about the cells yet...but individuals are not programmed to be insanely selfish Nobody is talking about "insanely" selfish. Just "selfish" - i.e. wishing/trying/working for his own benefit rather than that of the community/organism. I guess you are not going to say human beings are inherently selfish in nature... A cell could be selfish or work for it's own benefit. What does not happen though is for the DNA that codes that behavior to pass on though generations unless it allows the whole organism to reproduce. There could be exceptions in sex cells, and from earlier postings perhaps there are. TP