>The idea is that the death clock is a second line of defence against cancer.
>That to be a "success" and cancerous mutation must overcome both the normal
>controls on growth and the death clock. This would enourmously decrease the
>likelyhood of any given mutation being dangerous.
>>Malcom
This, being maybe thrue, does not exclude the importance of the second
principle of the thermodinamic in the process of aging.
-- Vincenzo