Originally Posted by
Kasierith
Actually, through my rather rigorous studies of human physiology, its becoming more and more amazing just how adaptable and capable the human body is at surviving. Considering our physical side relative to the vast majority of organic life, its astounding that we're even able to retain homeostasis, much less fight off the myriad of other life that seeks to use our resources for their survival, and be able to adapt to the majority of problems that come our way. We probably generate a few hundred cancer cells a day, but our body is able to remove them. Even a relatively unhealthy person is at the high end of the survivability chain in life.