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THE MIRACLE OF THE
BLOOD AND HEART

stem cell is attached to a protein and sent on its way. The tar-
get cell extends a protein receptor that will let the incoming
signal be recognized. When this receptor binds to the protein
carrying the chemical message, the information reaches the
target cell.
This process, briefly described here in just a few sentences,
is actually far more complex. Today's scientists are still trying
to unravel the secrets of this communication system. The
"decision" by which stem cells send the daughter cells they
have produced to the place in the body that requires them is
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one of the most important fields of present-day research. The
fact that this system in the body is of a complexity whose
secret human beings have been unable to unravel is just one
clear indication that it was created by Almighty God, Who
possesses infinite wisdom.
How is it possible to produce the right amount of red
blood cells in the body every second and then direct them con-
fidently to the points where these new cells are needed? It is
impossible for a lone independent cell in the bone marrow to
know what is happening at the other parts of the body. The
signaling system employed by those cells is also the most per-
fect communication network possible. This perfect structure is
of course the work of God, Who knows all the processes tak-
ing place in the body, right down to the finest detail, and Who
creates and constructs them in the first place.
Red blood cells are exceedingly small, because before
entering the bloodstream, they expel most of their contents—
their nucleus, mitochondria, ribosome and other
organelles. They do this in a literally conscious man-
ner, because they "know" they must absorb a mirac-
Harun
Yahya

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