Oh yes, Old = maturation = ripening=like a fine wine=me  :)
Don Hammer, Retired Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Allen <asmith@mail.barry.edu>
To: 'Ronnie Houston' <wee_rory@hotmail.com>
Cc: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: RE: cell maturation vs proliferation


> My Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary defines maturation as "ripening".
> It defines proliferation as "reproduction".  I think any other dictionary
> would do the same.
> Allen A. Smith
> School of Graduate Medical Sciences
> Barry University
> Miami Shores, FL 33161
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Houston [mailto:wee_rory@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:03 PM
> To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: cell maturation vs proliferation
>
> Can someone please help here?
>
> We are having an awful time trying to convince some
> researchers (neither
> pathology or histotechnology trained) that cell maturation
> and cell
> proliferation are two different things.
>
> Does anyone know of a text that clearly defines the two, or
> would anyone be
> willing to define the two so that we can convince them that
> what we are
> saying is in fact the case?
>
> Thanks
> Ronnie Houston
> Cytochemistry & Molecular Pathology
> Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
> 2222 Welborn Street
> Dallas, TX 75219
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