An attitude to do life sciences and cell biology…………………….

Life sciences or Biology is none other than ‘LIFE ENERGY’ put into physical matter in an organized fashion.  The keenness to understand and appreciate this ‘LIFE ENERGY’ put into the individualized unit is called the attitude to do life sciences or cell biology.

The earth with its atmosphere is composed of earth/soil, water, and air. All living beings are composed of matter materialized into a highly organized system. The unit of life is a ‘Cell ‘that was discovered by Robert Hooke 353 years ago in the year 1665. Much later, 175 years from 1665 that is in the year 1889 the ‘Cell Theory’ was formally put forth by Matthias Jakob Schleiden (a German botanist who used to earlier earn his livelihood by practicing law) and Theodor Schwann (a German physiologist).

It was only during the proposition of the cell theory, the multiplication component of life/living organisms as preceded by the prior generation came out from oblivion. The cell theory states that:

1. A Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all life.
2. Living organisms are composed of one or many cells.
3. All cells arise from pre-existing cells.

 There is a much complexity in the life that makes the exploration of cell biology all the more interesting! Although the inanimate objects such as planets and galaxies are also following a systematic pattern by maintaining their dynamics (rotation of the planets on their respective axes, the revolution of planets, etc.), along with, their energetics, the gross physical inanimate matter much more influences the life/living organisms.

Physical laws grossly govern the entire living systems. A simple example is the blood flow to the brain that has to take place against gravity and for that reason one pump is needed. The pump that facilitates the blood flow to the brain in the human body is the heart. It follows the same principle wherein the underground water has to be pumped against the gravity of the earth to the overhead tanks of the tall buildings. Also, to maintain a fluid blood supply in the human body; the heart pump is a critical component. Moreover, the major portion of a living organism is composed of water that is purely a physical entity.

Accordingly, the crux of the matter is the study of life/cell biology does not exist in isolation, but with the physical sciences or principles of the physical matter of this universe. A student of life sciences or cell biology can study the components of a cell, its interaction with the other cells, the role of organelles and various modern discoveries. However, the understanding of life sciences, cell biology is incomplete without understanding and integrating the principles of physical sciences into life sciences. Hence, the correct attitude to do life sciences and cell biology is to dissect the knowledge of cell biology into the smallest bit and then integrate it with the principles of physics.

Finally, when an organism dies, the body decays and is again lost to the environment in the form of gross physical components. Hence, in my opinion, inanimate physical elements come together in a systematic pattern to form a life/living organism, and the understanding of cell biology is incomplete without the knowledge of the basic principles of physics.