Word: marrow
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...complicate matters, adults have stem cells too. Lurking in the microscopic nooks and crannies of the brain, bone marrow and other organs, these stem cells live in a state of perpetual readiness. Then when, say, the lining of the intestine becomes worn, the body signals the appropriate stem cells to start a process called differentiation, in which they divide and give rise to lots of mature, fully functioning intestinal cells...
Folkman said. "But you're forced to stop and rescue the bone marrow...
...little storytelling couldn't fix. When he lost his notes in Africa, he reported that a family of monkeys had stolen them while he'd looked on, transfixed. When he contracted AIDS, he told even his closest friends that he had an "extremely rare" fungus of the bone marrow, known to be transmitted only from China or from the corpse of a killer whale. Six months before his death, at 48, even his brother didn't know that he was mostly homosexual. He was "out to seduce everybody," as a close friend remarked, and he didn't like to fail...