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AsO4) are based on arsenic, the next atom in the same family as phosphorus. Although arsenic and phosphorus share some chemical properties, only phosphorus is suitable for its biochemical roles. The unique fitness of the cell to serve as the fundamental unit of life is also manifest in its amazing abilities and the diversity of functions it performs. Even the tiny E. coli, a cylinder-shaped bacterium in the human gut, has spectacular capabilities. Howard Berg has marveled at the versatility and capacities of this minuscule organism, calling its talents legion. He notes that this tiny organism, less than one-millionth of a meter in diameter and two-millionths of a meter long, so small that 20 would fit end-to-end in a single rod cell of the human retina is nevertheless adept at counting molecules of specific sugars, amino acids, or dipeptides; at integration of similar or dissimilar sensory inputs over space and time; at comparing counts taken over the recent and not so recent past; at triggering an all-or-nothing response; at swimming in a viscous medium… even pattern formation. ⁴ Various transition metals including manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, and molybdenum can have various oxidation states which give them various essential properties. Transition metals can channel electrons down gradients efficiently for cellular work. Transition metals have unpaired electrons that can be donated to oxygen to activate it for chemistry. Denton says,

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Aguilar, Krissy (August 2019). "Xia Vigor is lead child actress in Filipino remake of 'Miracle in Cell No. 7' ". entertainment.inquirer.net . Retrieved 2019-08-09.The unique properties of iron and copper facilitate electron transport chains required for respiration and other crucial cellular functions. Also, the properties of iron in hemoglobin are just right for the transport of oxygen. The properties of iron and copper make the reduction of oxygen to water by cytochrome c oxidase possible. Zinc is critical to the transport of carbon dioxide in the cell.

A Reading from Michael Denton’s New Book, The Miracle of the Cell A Reading from Michael Denton’s New Book, The Miracle of the Cell

When we observe the goings-on of protozoans in a drop of pond water or the antics of an amoeboid leucocyte in the human blood stream chasing a bacterium, it is hard to resist the feeling that these microscopic life forms are sentient, autonomous beings. This was the case when we had relatively primitive microscopic technology more than one hundred years ago, ⁷ and it is all the more so today. Moon, Gwang-lip (25 February 2013). "Ryu Seung-ryong joins top actor club". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2013-03-02 . Retrieved 2013-02-25. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Park, Eun-jee (28 December 2012). "Two heartwarming films for when you can't feel your toes". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013 . Retrieved 2012-12-28. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)Kim, Hyun-min (5 February 2013). "THE BERLIN FILE is No. 1 in First Week of Release; MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7 Also Performing Well". Korean Film Council . Retrieved 2013-02-06. Ji, Yong-jin (26 February 2013). "Mighty Start, Bright Prospect". Korean Film Council . Retrieved 2013-03-04. Series: The Privileged Species Publisher: Discovery Institute Press Published: October 1, 2020 ISBN: 978-1936599844 Michael Denton Senior Fellow, the Center for Science & Culture and the Center on Human Exceptionalism Michael Denton holds an M.D. from Bristol University, as well as a Ph.D. in biochemistry from King’s College in London. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Denton has had a critical impact on the debate over Darwinian evolution. Follow Michael Profile In this seminal new book, distinguished biochemist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument to a whole new level. He shows that many of the chemical elements themselves and their properties are delicately fine-tuned for life, and the same holds for crucial compounds like water. Denton also makes a convincing case that all these instances of fine-tuning converge towards a primal blueprint that existed prior to the arrival of the first living cell.Denton is at the forefront of assembling this evidence as a cumulative case for teleology in nature. The Miracle of the Cellgreatly advances the case in favor of intelligent causes in the natural sciences. The growing body of evidence from modern science more and more calls for a shift away from the ruling but obsolete paradigm of materialism, which allows only for the blind action of natural laws and mere matter in motion. Michael Denton’s work will prove to be a milestone in this ongoing scientific revolution. Günter Bechly, PhD, paleontologist

Karsten Pultz: Review of Denton’s “The Miracle Of The Cell” Karsten Pultz: Review of Denton’s “The Miracle Of The Cell”

Cells also move in many diverse ways. E. coli travel by the propeller- like action of the bacterial flagellum. Others do so via the beating action of cilia. Some creep and crawl. Some put out pseudopodia and grasp small objects in their immediate vicinity. One intriguing element of fitness for bioenergetics and proton pumping arises directly out of water’s hydrogen-bonded network, which provides so-called “proton wires” consisting of long chains of linked water molecules for moving protons (H ions) around in the cell and across the inner mitochondrial membrane. While, as Alok Jha points out, other charged particles involved in cellular functions have to move themselves physically from one place to another, “protons can pass their energy along a hydrogen-bonded water wire without moving themselves at all, thanks to the so called Grotthuss mechanism.” A proton attaches to one end of the wire, he explains, and in a split second, “each of the hydrogen bonds further along the length of the wire spin around in sequence so that a proton drops off the water molecule at the other end of the wire. The initial proton has not moved any further than the starting end of the wire but its charge and energy have been ‘conducted’ along the wire’s length.” Keep in mind that these functions are not carried out by a human being or a machine such as a computer or robot under man's control, but are merely in a cover enclosing the cell, which is made up of fat mixed here and there with various proteins. We also need to consider that the cell membrane, which can handle so many complex tasks flawlessly, has no brain or center of thinking. Miracle in Cell No. 7' third most-viewed Korean film". Yonhap. 15 March 2013 . Retrieved 2013-03-20.The unique properties of the carbon atom make life possible. Carbon can form large stable molecules capable of carrying the information for building and maintaining organisms. Carbon can form stable bonds with many other elements resulting in a great variety of organic compounds. And as always, I am indebted to Lawrence Henderson’s great classic The Fitness of the Environment (1913). The elements sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc all play essential roles in the cell.

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Viscous drag is the tendency of a fluid to resist flow and is a result of a fluid’s viscosity. Mammals have 1000 capillaries per square millimeter. Capillaries are 40 microns apart. Most cells are one to three cell widths from a capillary. The viscous drag of water when pumped through capillaries causes pressure in the capillaries. If the viscosity of water were much greater, the thin cell walls of capillaries would rupture. The cell walls of the capillaries need to be thin to facilitate the diffusion of oxygen and nutrients. The viscosity of water facilitates the rapid diffusion of oxygen and nutrients by permitting the rapid flow of blood through capillaries. If water were less viscous, the increased mobility of water molecules would make cellular structures less stable. Denton explains: The movie is based on the real-life story of a man who was tortured and pleaded guilty under duress to the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl on September 27, 1972 in Chuncheon before being finally exonerated in November 2008. [5] [6] [7] [8] Its early working title was December 23 ( Korean: 12월 23일). [9] [10] Plot [ edit ] Lee, Chan-ho (29 November 2008). "35-year-old murder conviction tossed". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2021-02-11. Carl Sagan once remarked, Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. ¹ The central claim here—that the properties of the atoms reviewed in this book are fine-tuned with stunning precision for the existence of the cell—is indeed extraordinary. But as this book reveals, the evidence for the claim is also extraordinary.

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Michael Denton holds an M.D. from Bristol University, as well as a Ph.D. in biochemistry from King’s College in London. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Denton has had a critical impact on the debate over Darwinian evolution.