Naked Science Forum
Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: The Scientist on 17/07/2010 16:43:09
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Please share your views with us. Thank you for participating!
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Skin cells, without skin you have no defence against the elements and pathogens. [:)]
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Egg, without which you wouldn't need to worry about skin, infection, or anything else.
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Yeah that's true.
But if you are talking in terms of an actually living being, I still think skin is the most important, breaches of skin integrity are the cause of many deaths and diseases.
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I vote for the brain cell!
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Because you only have the one Geezer??? [:P]
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Because you only have the one Geezer??? [:P]
I was taught that it's not about quantity, it's about quality.
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Because you only have the one Geezer??? [:P]
I was taught that it's not about quantity, it's about quality.
That applies to spermatozoa.
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Yeah that's true.
But if you are talking in terms of an actually living being, I still think skin is the most important, breaches of skin integrity are the cause of many deaths and diseases.
Without your skin you would die from dehydration before you got a chance to catch any infection.
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Yeah that's true.
But if you are talking in terms of an actually living being, I still think skin is the most important, breaches of skin integrity are the cause of many deaths and diseases.
Without your skin you would die from dehydration before you got a chance to catch any infection.
That's very true, I was thinking on the lines of burns victims and how they are affected when their skin in compromised.
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I dont think we have a most important cell; We need most of them to survive, so all of these essential cells are vitaly important
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We need most of them to survive
Appendix fail
I would say Stem Cell but that seems like cheating :P
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I would go with the neurons, especially those in the brain and spinal cord, because you can regenerate a skin cell or several pretty easily, so no one skin cell is all that important. But if you start killing cells in your spinal cord, you end up paralyzed, as I think these cells are nearly irreplaceable.
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I did say MOST, so apendix win :)