SIO523: What Cancer Actually Is, Part 1 (with Dr. Eric Jaffe)

Part 1! Dr. Eric Jaffe , the biology teacher who keeps naming proteins after cartoon characters, returns for a two-part cancer deep dive. Today: what cancer actually is at the cellular level, why elephants barely get it, why whales get it even less, and why the "they're hiding the cure" conspiracy falls apart the second you learn who actually funds the research. Mentioned: Peto's paradox HeLa…