Page 209 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

How is it that the pla cen tal cells know that the fetus
needs these sub stan ces in the moth er's blood, and not
oth ers? How do they sep a rate and dis tin guish between
the two? How do they know to com prise a struc ture that
pro tects the baby from its moth er's immune sys tem?
Clearly the baby is spe cial ly pro tect ed in the moth er's
stom ach. The pla cen ta cells have assumed this respon si -
bil i ty under the inspi ra tion of Allah.

Macrophages that Choose to Die to Save
the Body's Life

Whenever you cut your self, leu ko cyte cells sac ri fice
them selves to pro tect you from invad ing bac te ria. These
self-sac ri fic ing macro pha ges emit large quan ti ties of
alarm-chem i cals that call the immune sys tem for help.
Immunologists have long puz zled how the macro -
pha ges iden ti fy invad ers. The secret, say Arturo
Zychlinsky from New York University Medical School is
the lipo pro te ins found on the sur face of almost all bac te -
ria. Zychlinsky exposed macro pha ges to bac te ri al lipo -
pro te ins and dis cov ered that these immune cells have a
"death recep tor" that rec og niz es lipo pro te ins. When these
bind to the recep tor, a sui cide order is issued with in the
cell instant ly, trig ger ing pre-pro grammed cell death. The
death recep tor pro vides a short cut, speed ing up inflam -
ma tion before the bac te ria can gain a foot hold. 62
Waste pro ducts from cells that com mit sui cide are

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