Developmental biology is one of the most awesome biological disciplines to display the glory of God and the immeasurable value of human life. Think about this. You might be 5'10" today, but you were once a mere 100 microns in diameter, smaller than the dot above an i. Such astronomical growth is comparable to a marble growing to the width of a football field---a 10,000-fold increase!
     Consider further, your body is composed of tens of trillions of cells (about 10,000 times earth's population), all originating from that tiny cell created at conception. Your more than 200 cell types came from that cell containing all the information necessary to direct the development and organization of the tens of trillions of cells into integrated systems so you could design skyscrapers compose symphonies, perform athletic feats of gymnastics and flying fighter jets, speak multiple languages, and do mathematics that would put man on the moon. The sheer scale of this developmental process and its output is a witness to God's wisdom and power.

                                                                                                                                  Dr. Laurieanne Dent