The process involves making a cell forget its identity as one particular kind of cell in favor of becoming another kind.

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The SIM card ( Subscriber Identity Module) in cell phones provide the same function.

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The two men arrested on charges of illegally purchasing cell phone SIM cards, using fake identity papers, will be questioned by police who want to know whether they sold cards used by the Mumbai gunmen, according to Calcutta Deputy Police Commissioner Jawad Shamim.

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These three mild suburban guys strike it rich only after Rock assumes the identity of a jailed racketeer and dubs his group CB4 (for Cell Block Four).

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