11. But the body is constantly making new platelets. 12. But when vitamin A is obtained from beta carotene, the body makes only enough to meet its needs. 13. Each is a life-size image of an elderly nude Japanese woman whose shriveled, shrunken body makes the ravages of time shockingly palpable. 14. Essential fatty acids must be consumed in the diet or as supplements because the body cannot make them. 15. Exposed to a substance it mistakenly perceives as a threat, the body makes immunoglobulin E, or IgE, antibodies. 16. Her endocrine system was screaming for her body to make a man, but her cells were deaf to those instructions. 17. Human Genome made its drug by copying a chemical that the body naturally makes. 18. If we get too much sun, our bodies make a dark pigment in the skin called melanin, which absorbs light and helps protect us from getting burnt. 19. It turns out that the body makes its own cholesterol, which is an essential component of cell membranes and a key ingredient in hormone manufacture. 20. Later she explains she dyed her hair because her swelling body has made it impossible for her to dress very creatively. |