Random Analogies

What: "There are two types of strands DNA polymerase replicates. There are the leading strands and lagging strands. The leading strand is replicated smoothly, while the lagging strand is like driving down a street with a stop sign every five feet. The lagging strand must be replicated in small single strands, while DNA ligase combines the stand together." The article is a fairly clear and creative description of DNA replication.

Writer: Kelsey

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Date: May 9 2013 7:54 PM

What: "Each receptor is like a button that starts a different process in the machinery within the cell. HIV infects CD4 cells by attaching to a number of receptors on the surface of the cell, including a critical receptor called CCR5."

Writer: Bruce L. Levine

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Date: May 14 2013 1:59 PM

What: "A conductor is like an F1 driver. They check every little detail, listen to the sound each component is making as they drive, they have incredible reflexes. Being right there with Kenichiro as he conducted was unbelievable. Like sitting in the passenger seat of a racecar, as opposed to watching it as a spectator, that's how vast the difference is. One's just as great as the other, of course. "

Writer: Takeshi

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Date: Feb 19 2014 3:38 PM

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"The analogy that I use is that the basal metabolic rate is like the rotations-per-minute of a manual car. In a hypothyroid condition the rotations-per-minute are too slow. Thyroid affects your basal metabolic rate which affects every cell in your body. It affects all these systems directly: cardiac health, mental health, the nervous system, musculoskeletal health, digestive health, and other hormones. "

Writer: Dr. Knorr

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Date: Mar 8 2015 11:09 PM