Categories: Comparisons
An example of a simle used to explain science:
"The B cell is a cell that eventually becomes a plasma cell which secretes antibodies. Antibodies, they are like harpoons or missiles which the cell sends out to kill a pathogen…
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee (medical oncologist at Columbia University) was spealking on an episode ('Building the Body, Opening the Heart') of BBC Radio 4's 'Start the week' programme/podcast.
Read: Cells are buzzing cities that are balloons with harpoons