Mitosis is the biological process involving chromosomal duplication and nuclear division. Mitosis is usually followed by cytokinesis, whereby the watery environment inside a cell, known as the cytoplasm, and cell membrane divide. Two identical cells are generated, each having the same number of chromosomes as the parental cell. Somatic cells (meaning any cell that is not a germline cell) undergo mitosis while germ cells (cells destined to become sperm or eggs) divide by a related process called meiosis.

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• Another Chapter of “Bad” Foods (Not) Making Kids Fat | Junkfood Science

  Sandy Szwarc reviews a study that investigated whether young children adjust how much they eat depending on the calorie content in the foods consumed.

• Sara Ost of Healthbolt and I Will Blog for Health | Eye on DNA

  Guest blogger Sara Ost of Healthbolt shares 7 essential steps for non-experts blogging about expert things.

• The Hand of the Beholder | Musings of a Distractible Mind

  Dr. Rob shows us that the “perfect child” is simply a matter of perspective.

• Coley’s Cancer-Killing Concoction | Damn Interesting

  I stumbed across this on Digg a few weeks ago and thought it was interesting. The advent of immunotherapy and the use of bacterial vaccines in the treatment of cancer.

• Nursing and Web 2.0 | Universal Health

  N=1 considers the absence of blogs written by nurses in research and academia.

• Scientific Advancements of the Future | Blah, Blah! Technology

  Wayne Smallman at Blah! Blah! Technology imagines a future where nano-mechanical devices, deriving their power directly from blood flow, replace external wireless communication devices and literally become a part of our body. And you thought the iPhone was cool!

• When Do Foods Really Go Bad? | Mark’s Daily Apple

  Sell by date? Leftovers? Mark’s Daily Apple reviews how long certain foods really last.

Health Highlights is a biweekly summary of particularly interesting articles from credible sources of health and medical information that we follow & read. For a complete list of recommeded sources, see our links page.

• Which Fork Is for the Grubs? | Mark’s Daily Apple

  At Mark’s Daily Apple, Mark is writing a new column called Primal Health, addressing issues of diet, exercise and stress in the context of our DNA blueprints. It looks to be an interesting series.

• Kid-friendly Food Not to Blame | Junkfood Science

  Sandy over at Junkfood Science writes about childhood obesity and efforts focusing on legislation calling for further restrictions on televsion food advertising.

• Could You Live Without Direct-to-Consumer Ads? | Freakonomics Blog

  I read somewhere recently that it takes close to $900 million dollars to bring a new drug to market. I have to wonder how much of that money is spent on advertising. I should ask David over at Health Business Blog …

• Tear Down These Walls! | Universal Health

  N=1 over at Universal Health writes about the absence of nurses’ voices in public dialogue and urges nurses to tear down the walls that separate them and speak about diagnosing and treating responses to health problems.

• Fighters Tackle Childhood Diseases | The Health Wisdom Blog

  Just as I wrote previously about Neurofibromatosis and The Children’s Tumor Foundation, Pat over at The Health Wisdom Blog writes about FightSMA.org, an organization created to accelerate the search for a treatment and cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the number-one inherited cause of infant death. The article includes a number of other websites associated with FightSMA.