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Week 2 Journal
Cindy Testa
February 5, 2021
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Week 2 Journal
The article that appealed to me was New human cell structure discovered,
from the Karolinska Institutet. As the title states a new human cell structure
“new type of protein complex that the cell uses to attach to its surroundings
and proves to play a key part in cell division” (Karolinska Institutet, 2018).
This discovery provided answers to the question-- “how the cell can remain
attached to the matrix during cell division.” The previously known adhesion
complexes dissolve during the process to allow the cell to divide, however in
this structure the adhesion complex remains and attaches the cell during cell
division (Karolinska Institutet, 2018). The researchers also found that this new
structure has the ability to control the daughter cells to occupy the right place
after cell division. According to the article, the study was done on human cell
of each cell structure and how these structures work together. This article
mainly focuses on cell division which is a very important event that occurs in
our body. A single cell divides to make two cells and these two cells then divide
to make four cells, etc. This process is called "cell division" and "cell
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reproduction," as new cells are formed when old cells divide. There are two
ways that cells divide- mitosis and meiosis. Cells divide for many reasons, for
example, when you skin your knee, cells divide to replace old, dead, or
damaged cells. Cells also divide so living things can grow (Shyamala, 2014).
Cell division is unique for living organisms and there are still questions
on the full process of this function. This new discovery of a human cell
structure answers a few of those questions, however more research needs to be
one of the lead researchers, “We believe that they’re also involved in other
processes than cell division, but this remains to be discovered”(Micu, 2019). So
not only does this new discovery answer questions regarding cell division, this
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References
Karolinska Institutet. (2018, October 22). New human cell structure discovered.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022122815.htm
Micu, A. (2019, October 25). New structure that keeps cells bound together
https://www.zmescience.com/science/reticular-adhesions-cell-295263
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Shyamala Iyer. (2014, February 03). Cell Division. ASU - Ask A Biologist.
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/cell-division