  Trying to identify the entropy production within a cell has been part of
debates and studies in the last century. First the idea was to make a
resemblance of a cell with a Carnot engine, which is the most thermodynamically
perfect machine. This approach was clearly not the best, since the yield
achieved within a cell cannot be ideal, but can we even measure it? Several
models approach the living cell, since the very simple one (e.g. Prigogine
model) to more elaborated proposals. The concept of entropy has been the centre
of discussions within several scientific fields. To interpret how entropy is
produced in the complicated system of a cell is as hard as to understand how
life originated at the first place. Understanding the way a cell works is key
in biology, medicine, and multiple other scientific fields. Thermodynamics is
essential in multitude of processes around us. I give here an insight of what
has been done and a personal opinion about the topic, focusing in the results
from Himeoka and Kaneko paper.
