Monday, December 1, 2008

week twelve

connections between cell biology and tcm:

"meiosis was discovered for the first time in sea urchin eggs." just like chinese medicine! oh wait, no, chinese medicine was first discovered in china (or possibly india?).... hmmm, ok, how about: "errors in mitosis can either kill a cell through apoptosis or cause mutations that can lead to cancer." errors in chinese medicine can kill people too!!! but not that often. ok, almost never. and usually we're helping with cancer, not causing it... alright, well, there is this: humans have 46 chromosomes and the ancient species field horsetail  (280 to 350 million years old depending on which completely accurate scientist you ask) has 216! finally! we found the connection. chinese medicine (like horsetail) is a lot older than the science of cell biology (like humans) so therefore it must contain more information. makes complete sense.


link impressions:

nice visual representation and step by step process. i like the replay button!


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