Wednesday, September 7, 2016

When Cell Communication Goes Wrong

Cells are constantly sending signals throughout our bodies; However, they are not always perfect and occasionally something will go wrong. Lets hope it does not happen too frequently. A cells signal might not reach its target or even respond. When we eat, the food breaks down into sugars and the cells then tell your liver to save the broken down food that it will store it as muscle and fat cells, but when the sugar is not stored within the liver. It can lead to a disease known as Type 1 Diabetes because the Insulin cell signals are lost, not moving the sugars and therefore, Diabetes leads to kidney failure. Nerve cells that transmit signals could be damaged and in return never able to stimulate anything. When one signal transmitter breaks down, it becomes a chain reaction and leads to other transmitters broken. What we obtain from this is impaired vision, uncontrolled movements, neck pain, difficulty in balance, etc. The worst case scenario is when cells multiply despite the broken signalers and produces cancer cells. 

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