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Topic: Mind & Body
What is the purpose of the appendix?
For decades, scientists and physicians have believed that the appendix really doesn’t have a function in human beings. It may have had a purpose in some living thing tens of thousands of years ago, but that purpose never persisted in humans.
How can we use stem cells to build tissues and organs?
There are two major properties of a stem cell, and the first one is its potency. By that we mean its ability to give rise to specialized cells.
What can your center of gravity help you with?
Gravity is this invisible force that pulls objects toward one another. And one of the things that gravity does is pull us toward the earth. So it’s important to know that’s what gravity is. And then center of gravity is sort of this middle point where all of a body’s weight or an object’s weight is.
How does cancer form and is there a cure?
Cancer occurs when one of the tissues in our body decides to grow uncontrollably, and our immune system is not able to recognize and destroy it. So the tissue continues to grow and can eventually break off into pieces and attach to other parts of the body and affect our health.