• Question: what do thew nails do to the cells?

    Asked by anon-208401 to Stuart on 6 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-208862, anon-210518.
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      Stuart Higgins answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Some cells kind of shrivel up in a ball and don’t seem to like it. Some seem to be absolutely fine and sink into the nails like slime and just kind of chill out. And then some go all long and stretched out in between the spikes. We’re not sure yet what causes what yet, and if we can understand that, then maybe we an understand better how cells move around inside our bodies too.

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