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From: jca@drutx.UUCP (ArnsonJC)
Newsgroups: net.bio
Subject: Re: Protein synthesis in red blood cells
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 10:18:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 10:18:19 1985
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	Once red blood cells reach the "blood stream" they have
normally lost their nucleus, and their life span is 120 days. In
nontechnical terms:  the red blood cells go through a maturation
process in the bone marrow, where they eventually expell their
nucleus before entering the blood stream. In adults, most of the red
blood cell production occurs in the ends of the long bones and
sternum.  In children, where there is an increased production, all
of the long bone manufactures red blood cells.
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