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Nature 435, 1162 (30 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/4351162a; Published online 29 June 2005
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Making small talk
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BOOK REVIEWED-The Language of Life: How Cells Communicate in Health and Disease
by Debra Niehoff
Joseph Henry Press: 2005. 306 pp. $27.95
"The language of all cellular societies is similarly based not on sounds or gestures but on chemistry. Using molecules where we would use words, constructing sentences from chains of proteins, the cells that make up...multicellular organisms inform, wheedle, command, exhort, reassure, nurture, criticize and instruct each other.
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