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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL

IN WHAT YOU SEE—BUT DON'T THINK

ABOUT—LIE HIDDEN INFINITE KNOWLEDGE

AND MIRACLES

If you cut your finger, in a short time the blood will clot and
stop the bleeding. But how does this clotting take place in such a
short time? And what takes place in your body?
The event of blood clotting is similar to what occurs when an
ambulance and police cars come hurrying to the site of a highway
accident.
Whenever bleeding begins in any part of the body, first aid
arrives from blood platelets called thrombocytes, which are dis-
persed throughout the bloodstream. No matter where bleeding
takes place, there are sure to be thrombocytes in the body
patrolling nearby.
A protein called von Willebrand factor works like a traffic
policeman calling for help, indicating the location of the accident
and cutting in front of the thrombocytes so that they remain in the
area.
As if communicating by wireless, the first thrombocyte that
arrives on the scene calls for help by secreting a special substance
that calls other thrombocytes to the site.
Meanwhile, twenty enzymes found in the body come together
to form a protein called thrombin over the open wound. Thrombin
is produced only at the site of the wound, like a first aid team
manufacturing the medicine needed by the patient on the spot.
Moreover, this needs to be produced in just the right amounts; and
the thrombin production must start at just the right time and stop
at the right time. The orders for starting and ending production
are encoded among the enzymes that make up this protein.

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