Cellular Health

7 Metaphors to Explain Cellular Repair Processes for Better Health and Longevity

I explain complex biological processes with simple metaphors and offer practical tips to leverage the self-healing power of the body and mind.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz
EUPHORIA
Published in
8 min readFeb 11, 2023

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The body’s ultimate goal is to survive by maintaining balance in cells, tissues, organs, and systems. It has innate and intricate self-healing processes. They are highly sophisticated, and some look confusing and paradoxical from the outset.

But the body's ability and intelligence to adapt to external and internal stimuli is noticeable when we look closely at the relevant context. Scientists observe these processes and create concepts to understand and explain these enigmatic mechanisms.

As understanding and explaining these processes might be incredibly challenging from myriad scientific reports, papers, and textbooks, I’d like to introduce and explain complex cellular repair processes and mechanisms with metaphors.

Their scientific names are cellular homeostasis, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitophagy, autophagy, ubiquitin-proteasome, cellular senescence, cell apoptosis, and inflammation.

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com