Is that a big eater? (2)
Unlike neutrophils, which lives for only a few days, mature macrophages live in the body’s tissues for months, perhaps even years. Some act as janitors, sweeping up dirt, damaged tissue, and aged...
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WOW! 2 blogs in 2 days. What’s up with that? Yesterday at the office I learned from Robert that the transformer I am using to demonstrate your growing into a life of maximum performance is vintage....
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Every day your body uses about 90 gallons of pure oxygen. To separate this gas from the air, the innate intelligence of the body uses your lungs. The lungs contain 500,000,000 tiny air sacs with a...
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If the air you breathe reached your lungs without being filtered, you wouldn’t live very long. You lungs would quickly become clogged with dust since with every breath you take, you breathe in dust....
View ArticleCitizens of the body?
We live in a world dense with microbes: bacteria, virus and fungi abound in the air, water, and soil, and on the living things around us. Most of these organisms have little interest in the human...
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