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To: JOAT
The cause of around 50% of cancers having a non functional p53 gene is that those that do not are more likely to have been eliminated.

The cause of around 50% of people admitted to MIT having SAT’s above 1400 is that those without high test scores are eliminated from consideration.

Why is p53 mutating? Because mutation can and does happen.

Why are those cancers that grow and survive more likely to have p53 mutated? Because a functional p53 gene kills growing cancer cells.

p53 is not part of the immune system. The gene is expressed in every cell line.

39 posted on 06/11/2009 10:07:56 AM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
Why is p53 mutating? Because mutation can and does happen.

*Slaps hand against forehead*

Thank you for playing, you may step down.

40 posted on 06/11/2009 10:14:18 AM PDT by JOAT
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