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our body receive signals from somewhere, and start
functioning upon this signal. How can these cells, which
send signals to one another, be aware of the need to
send a signal? Mahlon B. Hoagland brings up the same
question in his book, The Roots of Life:
How do the cells know when to stop growing? What
tells them that the organs of which they're a part are
not just the right size?… What is the nature of the di-
vision stopping signal(s)? We don't know the answer
and we continue to search for it. 10
Indeed, the mystery of the signaling between cells
has not been solved yet.
A stem cell would normally be expected to divide to
form two new cells bearing the same features. Howe-
ver, a switch hidden in one of the cells is turned on
causing a sudden transformation in the cell. This new
cell is the T cell that will fight for the human body. This
leads us to ask the following question:
Why does a cell transform itself into a totally differ-
ent cell?
Science has not answered this question yet. Science
can answer the question of how the cell transforms it-
self, but it can never explain why the cell would want to
become a fighter cell. Nor can it explain who pro-
grammed the cell to become a cell that defends the
body when the need arises.
Only those who acknowledge the being of Allah can
fully comprehend the answers to these questions.

Types Of T Cells
T cells come in three groups: helper T cells, killer T