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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (672311)9/7/2012 4:07:46 PM
From: Jim McMannis1 Recommendation  Read Replies (3) of 1579013
 
I've been waiting for the Doc to answer.

Mature red blood cells lack organelles (mitochondria, golgi apparati, endoplasmic reticuli etc), even nuclei.
Optimizing space for hemoglobin. Maximizing oxygen transport.

During development RBC's do have mitochondria, nuclei etc.

You'd think an MD would have studied that at least in pre-med. Perhaps he just forgot.
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