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cientists have doc u - pas sage of water
ment ed that water mol e cu les along
S mol e cu les pass by the aqua por in is
the var i ous pro teins in the cell per mit ted; the
mem brane in as brief a time as pas sage of ions
1 bil lionth of a sec ond. As between the
report ed in the 19 April, 2002, cells is impos -
edi tion of Science mag a zine, a si ble. That's
group of pro teins known as because if
aqua por in form chan nels in the ions were to
cell mem brane. People have 10 enter as well as water, then
vari e ties of aqua por in, most of the ener gy stored in the form of
them in the kid neys, the brain elec tri cal poten tial between the
and the lens of the eye. Only the inte ri or and exte ri or of the cell
mem brane would be lost.

Have you thought about the water
that you drink? Is it you who sent

it down from the clouds, or are
We the Sender? If We wished, We
could have made it bitter, so will
you not give thanks?
(Surat al-Waqi‘a , 68-70)

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