Abstract:
:This comment argues against the view that cancer cells produce less entropy than normal cells as stated in a recent paper by Marín and Sabater. The basic principle of estimation of entropy production rate in a living cell is discussed, emphasizing the fact that entropy production depends on both the amount of heat exchange during the metabolism and the entropy difference between products and substrates.
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Phys Bioljournal_title
Physical biologyauthors
Sadeghi Ghuchani Mdoi
10.1088/1478-3975/aa8eabsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-02-08 00:00:00pages
028001issue
2eissn
1478-3967issn
1478-3975journal_volume
15pub_type
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