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Diffusion in the Cell

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Diffusion in the Cell The video below describes diffusion as movement of particles from high to low concentration. Cells have membranes that are selectively permeable, which all…
By Michael Li, Ylaine Gerardin

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Kinesins can step forward at a rate of ∼1μm/s\sim 1 \mu m/s∼1μm/s. The longest cell in the human body is a nerve cell whose axon stretches down the length of your leg, about 1m1…