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erythrocytes more living than thrombocytes ?

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what makes erythrocytes any more living than thrombocytes; when they are both cytoplasm covered with plasma membrane, and thrombocytes even have a few organelles, something erythrocytes lack?

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vignesh the cooler version of newton

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24 Nov 2010 18:14:11 IST

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complex mechanism.. apoptosis can take place only if a cell has mitochondria and DNA... RBC is devoid of both... it helps in that way... i'd rather not post d whole pathway of apoptosis.. some salient features are dat cytochrome c present in mitochondria is one of d mediators and d effectors are usually DNA-ases and other nuclear acting enzymes... instead, its d physical, thermal, or osmotic stress or other factors which causes Calcium influx and activases another group of proteases which cause haemolysis..

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24 Nov 2010 19:33:59 IST

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I respect your answer but i think i didn't quite make clear what i meant to ask... it's a simple question... why are RBCs considered living and platelets dead when both basically are of same structure [protoplasm covered with P.M], with platelets being a little closer to a salient cell (at least IMO) - because it has organelles ?

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