Random Analogies
Cancer Cells As Broken
a: Cancer cell ~
b: computer with broken keyboard
What: "Cancer cells are like a crashed computer with a partially or totally dead keyboard. They don't respond properly to external command signals. They execute an infinite loop set of instructions that drive the cell to permanent division." This is a really good comparison. I wonder who made this up?
Useful?
Writer: CYCLONE PHARMACEUTIC
LCC: RB
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Date: May 14 2011 6:26 AM
# 866 Critique Analogy
Cancer Is Like A Weed In The Body
a: Cancer ~
b: a weed in the body
What: "Cancer is like a weed in the body. It flourishes when its environment is right for it. Doctors have tools such as chemotherapy for killing the weed. The real trick to beating cancer and staying cancer free is to create a healthy body environment."
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Writer: Not Stated
LCC: RB
Where:
Date: Oct 11 2011 8:19 PM
# 1386 Critique Analogy
a: Diseased nerves ~
b: rusty wiring
What:
"Diseased nerves are like "rusty wiring" that impairs the impulse or message to the skin, muscles, and organs that they ordinarily regulate."
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Writer: C. Robert Adams, M.D
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 28 2014 4:12 PM
# 5154 Critique Analogy
a: plasma membrane ~
b: mosaic
What:
"The fluid mosaic model is a good representation of the plasma membrane because the membrane itself is very fluid by being flexible and letting the membrane to complete endocytosis and exocytosis. The plasma membrane is like a mosaic because it is made up of many channel proteins, gycoproteins and cholesterol that all work together."
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Writer: Breanna
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 9 2015 11:35 AM
# 6989 Critique Analogy
