By means of the For loop, CA-2 was injured at different
CA-1 states. In 6 states the injured proliferon became isolated and returned to its initial
state. In 4 states it settled at proper solutions. In 36 states the
proliferon oscillated chaotically and finally became atrophic (are
also solutions). The response of all three CA to injury always
matched up.
In the next experiment the proliferon was injured
as above. At t = 100 days the stem process applied the exchange
state strategy to CA-2 and the proliferon regained some tolerance
(vigor). Again, the response of all CA was coordinated.
Sentinel process
We may now generate a big CA set. Whatever we do
to CA-2 will be reflected by the
entire set. CA-2 is a sentinel process which indicates how the
entire set behaves. If it dwindles, so do
all the rest, and if it gains tolerance, the entire proliferon prospers.
Localized and systemic
This experiment illustrates a property
of our organism which medicine barely comprehends. Since all processes
in the body interact, diseases
are systemic. Yet medicine distinguishes between localized and systemic
diseases. It postulates that cancer starts as a localized tumor
which evolves into a systemic disease. In reality from
its very beginning cancer is systemic and the tumor is only a sentinel
process.