Not a relative of the homunculus (though looking a little shriveled), this wondrous piece of art is the filter supreme. Allowing only nitrogenous wastes and certain unneeded salts and toxins through, this baby keeps us in perfect balance.It was life that evolved filters--here in the kidney, in the liver, in the nervous system, in the lung, in fungi, in plants--and no artificial one works as well.
It was lead in Roman wine that damaged glomeruli and caused the resultant gout (as just one example of bad behavior causing bad results) in the past.
Be nice to your glomeruli today--stay off the heavy metals.
It was lead in Roman wine that damaged glomeruli and caused the resultant gout (as just one example of bad behavior causing bad results) in the past.
Be nice to your glomeruli today--stay off the heavy metals.
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