The Song of the cell Book Review

 2022: Book Review – Quote (from the BOOK) : Life is a continuous rhythmic Movement of the Pulse, of the Gait, even of the cells. Discovery : The book starts with the hierarchical organization of Chapters– invisible entities termed “cells”, initially seen by Robert Hooke (plant), Schleiden and Schwann (animal cells). This subsequently, catapulted the…

2022:

Book Review –

Quote (from the BOOK) : Life is a continuous rhythmic Movement of the Pulse, of the Gait, even of the cells.

Discovery :

The book starts with the hierarchical organization of Chapters– invisible entities termed “cells”, initially seen by Robert Hooke (plant), Schleiden and Schwann (animal cells). This subsequently, catapulted the discovery of cells (animalcules) in a dynamic environment i.e. water (pond, puddle etc). The smallest unit akin to the atomic unit was coined as the Universal cell (p. 37); which inspired the discovery of vectorial (directional-host_microbe) agents of infectious diseases , termed Micro-organisms.

The second part concerns with the branching, of the single cell to a multifacted tissue/organism via the process of multiplication. This is termed DEVELOPMENT. Morphogenesis (anatomical, spatial includes the above).

The section concerning BLOOD, pertains to the biogenesis of the circulating immune system cells (B, T , NK cells and Macrophages) and the Static Immune system (precursor organs such as the Lymph Node, Spleen, Thymus, Bursa of Fabricius). With each cell is an Anthropocentric/Subjective Metaphor.

Part 5, deals with cell balance initiating tissue balance, leading to organ balance i.e Homeostasis or robustness of the human in varying conditions.

The next part deals with Regenerative Biology and cancer as an example of regeneration gone awry.

In Summary : the cells sang various songs in varying environments.