cell division

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The researchers also found that increasing cell division in adult mice changed the outcome.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The Y chromosome is especially vulnerable during cell division.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

They redesigned the yeast cell cycle so that cell division depended on the behavior of the protein being evolved.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Chromothripsis begins when errors during cell division trap individual chromosomes inside small, fragile compartments known as micronuclei.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Freezing a cell was like pressing a pause button: cell division, metabolism, and everything else simply stopped, then resumed after thawing as if you’d just pressed play again.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot