Question for Chuck - Cell repair

[Guest guest]

è Terry,

è

è My specialty in school was Microbiology not Human Cell

è Biology (how the

è heck did I ever get to spend nearly 30 years selling

è computers?).  What we

è looked at in Micro was that mutations usually occurred in

è the

è repair/reproduction of damaged or weak/weakened

è organisms.  The stronger

è and undamaged cells usually reproduced faithfully.  I would

è imagine that

è human cells are not much different that bacterium.  My

è best guess is that

è the damaged pancreatic cells are much more likely to

è reproduce into cancer

è cells than undamaged healthy cells.

è

è It's been way too long of a time since I looked into a

è microscope but to

è the best of my recollection that's the way it works.

è

è Chuck

Dear Chuck,

My major was far away from biology, and I missed biology during the HS years,

so I was wondering if you could explain something for me.

Form what I understand the pancreas is the one organ in the human body that

has no repair capabilities. And this why treatment is more palliative than

corrective. There is nothing the docs can do help the body along in a repair

process. With this in mind, are the damaged cells even replaced? If they

are replaced, could it be the replacements are coming in already damaged and

this is why there is no healing properties? ... And if they are damaged

somehow, isn't more likely that they would can a cancer mutation?

Another VERY scary thought..................................

Lots of Gentle Hugs,

ReeAnn

ReeAnn M. Betts

ReeAnn@...

Wisconsin Chapter Representative

National Membership Registration Chairperson

Pancreatitis Association, International