The Journey Through a Cell - Packaged and Ready to Go

 So we're back in the Golgi Apparatus, where lots of little things occur.

For us, a tiny little protein, visiting the Golgi Apparatus is an important part of our journey, where there are folds called "cisternae". Here, in the Golgi Apparatus, we are modified after entering the cis face and then packaged into little membranous sacs called vesicles, upon leaving the trans face.

[Source: http://www.buzzle.com]

These vesicles are perfect for storage and transport, and contain a single membrane with fluid inside.

Now we're all packaged comfortably into our vesicle, we'll journey again through the cytoskeleton

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We're all ready, but how do we escape the cell?

Stay tuned!

- Geeker

Wednesday Words: What's your vaccine REALLY for?

  So, it's Wednesday Words today - and it's a particularly interesting topic...

Diphtheria. What is it? How do we prevent it? And what does it do?

Some of us will know that diphtheria, the upper respiratory tract illness is one of five vaccines administered to infantile children.

Some symptoms of diphtheria:

• Sore throat
• Low fever
• Adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity
• Sometimes, skin can be affected
• Cough
• Headache
• Difficulty swallowing
• Rapid breathing

Often, the disease is manageable. However, when lymph nodes are affected it becomes more problematic. Some may require a tracheotomy or incubation.

If you would wish to learn more about diphtheria, the NHS, kidshealth, and the CDC offer some particularly interesting information.

For those of you waiting for a factual video, here's a short video I found:




For those of you whom can't view the video, here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poK8YMA2RtQ

- Geeker