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that must mean there's a class of cells that keep skin cells in their station. which cells are those?
by pasquinelli 4y ago
that must mean there's a class of cells that keep skin cells in their station. which cells are those?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> which cells are those? Macrophages, though your immune system broadly [1]. (Every cell has a variety of programmed death processes built in, too.) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis
- none_to_remain 4y agoWhen cells try to "get above their station," it's called cancer, and there are classes of cells and other mechanisms in the body constantly fighting against it.
- pasquinelli 4y agowhy'd you put "get above their station" in quotes? is it because the whole metaphor is kind of stupid?
- none_to_remain 4y agoI was merely setting the metaphor apart from the rest. I'm not sure if the metaphor is stupid or not.