The Design and Complexity of the Cell
The majority of scientifically trained biologists and geneticists are taught that the apparent design that is observed in cells is the result of only random chemical and energy processes operating over eons of time. However, multiple thousands of scientists accept the Bible’s message that there is a Creator who planned the creation, designed the intricate engineering efficiencies into that creation, and then built the product: our planet and its wonderfully unique life and functions.
In The Design and Complexity of the Cell, Dr. Jeffrey Tomkins and his contributing colleagues document and help explain the intricate processes of cells, and give keen insight for “clearly seeing” the obvious hand of the Creator in the “things that are made” (Romans 1:20).
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| Table of Contents | Page | ||
| Contributors | 7 | ||
| Foreword | 9 | ||
| Introduction | 10 | ||
| Chapter 1 | Dogma and Science Surrounding Cell Origins | 13 | |
| Abiogenesis | 13 | ||
| The Evolutionary Problem of the Cell | 17 | ||
| Have Scientists Created Artificial Life? | 18 | ||
| Summary | 19 | ||
| Application: Have Scientists Created a Synthetic Cell? | 20 | ||
| Chapter 2 | A Basic Description of Cells and Cell Types | 23 | |
| A Basic Definition of Cells | 23 | ||
| Two Basic Cell Types in Biology | 25 | ||
| Prokaryotic Cell Characteristics | 27 | ||
| Development of a Model System for Cell Biology | 30 | ||
| E. coli: The Prokaryotic Model for Evolution | 30 | ||
| The Role of Cells in Biological Creation | 31 | ||
| Summary | 33 | ||
| Application: Life’s Indispensable Microscopic Machines | 34 | ||
| Chapter 3 | Eukaryotic Cells and Multicellularity | 37 | |
| The Highly Engineered Eukaryotic Nucleus and Mitochondria | 38 | ||
| Mitochondria: The Evolutionary Model of Symbiosis Is Unsupported | 40 | ||
| Plant Cell Chloroplasts | 41 | ||
| Additional Eukaryotic Cell Characteristics | 42 | ||
| Summary | 45 | ||
| Application: Life-Giving Blood | 46 | ||
| Chapter 4 | Genes and Proteins | 49 | |
| DNA: The Cell’s Genetic Blueprint | 49 | ||
| Making a Protein | 50 | ||
| A Masterpiece of Design and Purpose | 53 | ||
| Summary | 54 | ||
| Application: Where Did Flesh-Eating Bacteria Come From? | 55 | ||
| Chapter 5 | Cell Division and DNA Replication: How Life Is Engineered to Perpetuate | 57 | |
| Cell Division: The Basic Biological Process Required for Life | 57 | ||
| Mitosis | 59 | ||
| Meiosis | 60 | ||
| Summary | 64 | ||
| Application: Brain’s Complexity “Is Beyond Anything Imagined” | 65 | ||
| Chapter 6 | Cell Signaling: The Miracle of the Biological Network | 67 | |
| Cell Surface Receptors | 67 | ||
| Neurons | 69 | ||
| Summary | 71 | ||
| Application: Human Reproduction | 72 | ||
| Chapter 7 | The Cytoskeleton and the Extracellular Matrix: How Biology Achieves Shape, Form, and Movement | 75 | |
| Actin Filaments and Microtubules | 75 | ||
| Junctions between Cells | 77 | ||
| The Extracellular Matrix | 79 | ||
| Summary | 80 | ||
| Application: The Mysteries of Stunning Soft Tissue Fossil Finds | 81 | ||
| Chapter 8 | Cells in Creation, Sin, and Redemption | 83 | |
| Plants | 83 | ||
| Photosynthesis and Respiration | 84 | ||
| Water, Air, and Land Creatures | 85 | ||
| Consequences of the Curse | 86 | ||
| Summary | 87 | ||
| Application: Immune Systems, the Body’s Security Force | 88 | ||
| Chapter 9 | The Biology of Stem Cells | 91 | |
| The Biology of Adult Stem Cells | 91 | ||
| Cellular Mechanisms of Self-Renewal and Differentiation | 93 | ||
| Molecular Mechanisms of Self-Renewal and Differentiation | 94 | ||
| The Biology of Embryonic Stem Cells | 95 | ||
| How Embryonic Stem Cells Work: Mechanisms of ESC Self-Renewal and Differentiation | 95 | ||
| The Origins of Human Cellular Diversity: The Fact of Creation and the Insufficiency of Evolution | 96 | ||
| Summary | 97 | ||
| Application: Darwinian Medicine: A Prescription for Failure | 98 | ||
| Chapter 10 | Processes and Implications of Stem Cell Research | 101 | |
| Reprogramming and Cloning | 103 | ||
| Stem Cells and Medicine: Cell Therapy | 105 | ||
| Stem Cell Ethics | 106 | ||
| Conclusion | 109 | ||
| Summary | 110 | ||
| Application: Cells: Sophisticated and God-Designed | 111 | ||
| Appendix 1 | Biology and the Bible | 113 | |
| Appendix 2 | The Development of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics | 117 | |
| Therapeutic Intervention | 117 | ||
| Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery and Development | 118 | ||
| Pharmacological Inhibition | 123 | ||
| Conclusion | 124 | ||
| Glossary | 125 | ||
| Credits | 128 | ||
| Index | 129 | ||
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