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The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

stream. These hor mones secret ed into the body flu ids are
chem i cal sub stan ces that con trol the body's other cells. It is
impos si ble for hor mones, una ware even of the exis tence of
other cells, to choose to assume the task of affect ing them.
These tasks, requir ing a supe ri or intel lect, knowl edge and
con scious ness, can not be deter mined by tiny mol e cu les.

The steroid hormone pass-
Steroid
hormone Cell Membrane es through the cell mem-
brane without the help of a
receptor molecule, attach-
ing to a receptor molecule
inside. The hormone-
receptor complex enters
the cell nucleus and affects
the DNA to produce protein
Hormone there. These proteins con-
Hormone
receptor trol physiological process-
Hormone complex es controlling growth and
receptor
development. All the sys-
tems in your body have
been created dependent on
one another. For example,
the body's activities cannot
continue without protein
Cell Nucleus
production. But for there to
be protein production, all
units of the cell must work
together. There needs to be
DNA in motion packets of information—
hormones—to direct those
activities, as well as a pitu-
itary gland that instructs
hormones to go to the rele-
vant cells and much more
besides. It is a violation of
reason and the science to
suggest that such magnifi-
cent balances could have
come about gradually and
mRNA in ribosomes by coincidence.
direct protein synthesis

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