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The Cell and Tissue Biology

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The human body contains trillions of cells that are generated by repeated division from a single precursor cell. They constitute clones. With proliferation, some of the cells become differentiated from others, adopting a different structure, different chemistry, and different function.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

    Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

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Elgazzar, A.H. (2014). The Cell and Tissue Biology. In: Synopsis of Pathophysiology in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03458-4_2

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