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Topic: Cell

Related:
  Blood Cells    Human T cell  
  Cell Lung Cancer    Fuel Cell  
  Cell Biology    Stem Cell  
  Brain Cells    Cell Function  
  Bone Marrow Cells    Nerve cells  
  Muscle Cells    Solar Cells  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Mobile phone
Currently has on their coffee table:New Scientist
Favorite body part(s):Brain,  Lungs,  Skin
Favorite food(s):Anything with salt
Favorite animal(s):Wasps
Interest(s):Biology,  Science,  Chemistry
Favorite computer game(s):Minesweeper
Favorite sportsperson(s):Lou Gehrig (baseball)
Medical note(s):Undergoing therapy,  Has cancer,  Infected with HIV
Ultimate fantasy(s):Cloning themselves
Favorite drink(s):Milk
Favorite quote(s):"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying." - Woody Allen (1935-)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Yeast cells are much smaller, and a week or more is usually required for spent yeast cells to fall 24 inches.
The cells of the tumor have endocrine like characteristics.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

The cells are resuspended in saline, plasma protein fraction or fresh frozen plasma and returned to the mother.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Spiral ganglion cells are truly bipolar with the axon and dendrite at polar opposite sides of the cell body.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Tumor cells are not very heat resistant; using special microwaves the tumor tissue will be heated to high temperatures that cause the death of those cancer cells.
How are cells at one end of the plant embryo instructed to become root cells while cells at the other end of the embryo are instructed to become shoot cells?
Stem cells are important as precursor cells in cancer because they are not on their way to being discarded.
Mark Harris,
Priest

Cells shall constitute an important part of the overall ministry of the Church.
Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

The cells are then put on a glass slide and examined by laboratory personnel to look for changes that might warrant further investigation.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Killer T cells are able to recognize foreign antigen on the surface of virally infected cells and kill the infected cells.
Cells of the lymphoid series that can react with antigen to produce specific cell products called antibodies.
Cancer cells may appear first in the sentinel node before spreading to other lymph nodes.
 
 
 User Talk
Comments from our users:
From:
michael bell
2004-11-26 01:09:52
From:
nathaniel brown
2005-01-14 07:43:39
what is the name of the set of cells we are born with and still have the same number of them when we die?
From:
sean
2008-04-29 11:56:39
whats in a cell?
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