Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Cell Blog

This article is about how stress can affect how long your cells live. Scientist have found that people who are under more stress have even more damaged cells that people who aren't under as much stress. They aren't sure how stress is taking the telomere away from the cell but they believe that the stress produces a chemical called free radicals, this is what they believe causes the rapid age of cells.

I think that stress can make cells age this is a good theory and has been tested. The scientist now have evidence that stress can cause cell to age rapidly or at least faster than what they should normally. I believe that if scientist can find a way to stop the stress from taking away from the cells that it would be a big help to the world and aged cells.

Vocabulary

1.telomerase