#162 - Meet The Scientist Who Says We've Gotten Cancer Completely Wrong

<p>🧠 JOIN THE GIANT&#39;S SHOULDER FAMILY</p><p>Become a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/join</p><p><br></p><p>Carlos Sonnenschein is Professor of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. With Ana Soto, he developed the tissue organisation field theory of cancer: the idea that a tumour begins not in a rogue cell, but in the breakdown of the tissue around it. For fifty years he has argued that cancer research has been looking one level too low. Here he explains why the mutations we find in tumours may be the wreckage, not the cause.</p><p><br></p><p>Expect to learn:</p><p>- The default state: why every cell&#39;s natural tendency is to proliferate</p><p>- Growth factors: why he argued they don&#39;t exist, and why people laughed</p><p>- Mutations without cancer: why he says no gene has been shown to cause a cancer</p><p>- Targeted therapy: why he believes the target was never really there</p><p>- Cellular agency: how life, proliferation and motility fit together</p><p><br></p><p>SPONSORS</p><p>Get Jenni Your Intelligent Research Assistant (GIANT20 for 20% off) - http://jenni.ai/?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=inf&amp;utm_campaign=thegiantsshoulder</p><p><br></p><p>GS EPISODES MENTIONED</p><p>Michael Levin - Michael Levin: Bioelectricity, Morphogenesis, Platonic Spaces &amp; Xenobots: https://youtu.be/LTBZRVKUwyM</p><p><br></p><p>GUEST LINKS</p><p>Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VmTCfroAAAAJ</p><p>IEA Nantes Fellow Profile: https://www.iea-nantes.fr/en/fellows/carlos-sonnenschein</p><p>Biological Purpose Project: https://www.biologicalpurpose.org/people/carlos-sonnenschein</p><p>ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos-Sonnenschein</p><p>An Integrative Approach Toward Biology, Organisms, and Cancer (2018): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29119499</p><p><br></p><p>LISTEN ON</p><p>YouTube - https://youtu.be/AypMhvhWwjg</p><p>Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-giants-shoulder/id1752486249</p><p><br></p><p>SKOOL</p><p>Want a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant&#39;s Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/about</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW EVAN</p><p>https://x.com/evan_mcgl</p><p><br></p><p>TIMESTAMPS</p><p>0:00:00 Trailer</p><p>0:02:26 From Paediatrics to Cancer Research</p><p>0:05:23 The Oestrogen Paradox</p><p>0:08:4