Re: cell maturation vs proliferation

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From:Shirley Powell <powell_sa@Mercer.EDU>
To:Don Hammer <donh7@earthlink.net>
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Antique maybe.

Don Hammer wrote:

> 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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