News tagged with cell division
Scientists deconstruct cell division
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Feb 08, 2009 |
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The last step of the cell cycle is the brief but spectacularly dynamic and complicated mitosis phase, which leads to the duplication of one mother cell into two daughter cells. In mitosis, the chromosomes ...
Scientists discover link between control of chromosome duplication and segregation
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Before a cell can divide into two, first it must duplicate its genetic material--the DNA packed in its chromosomes. The two new sets of chromosomes then have to be separated from one another and correctly distributed to the ...
Researchers identify potential cancer target
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth Medical School researchers have found two proteins that work in concert to ensure proper chromosome segregation during cell division. Their study is in the January 2009 issue of ...
From mother to daughters: A central mystery in cell division solved
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Dec 09, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key step required for cell division in a study that could help improve therapies to ...
Key to 'curing' obesity may lie in worms that destroy their own fat
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A previously unknown mutation discovered in a common roundworm holds the promise of new treatments for obesity in humans, McGill University researchers say. Their study was published Dec. ...
Researchers gain new insight on wonder of cell division
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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Biologists have discovered a mechanism that is critical to cytokinesis -- nature's completion of mitosis, where a cell divides into two identical daughter cells.
Proteins strangle cell during division
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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A Swedish research group has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in extremely hot and acidic conditions. The results of the research offer insights into evolution, but also into the functioning ...
MIT engineers show how tiny cell proteins generate force to 'walk'
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have shown how a cell motor protein exerts the force to move, enabling functions such as cell division.
Med school discovery could lead to better cancer diagnosis, drugs
Nov 21, 2008 |
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A Florida State University College of Medicine research team led by Yanchang Wang has discovered an important new layer of regulation in the cell division cycle, which could lead to a greater understanding of the way cancer ...
Breaking BubR1 mimics genetic shuffle seen in cancer cells
Nov 17, 2008 |
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A study of how one protein enzyme, BubR1, helps make sure chromosomes are equally distributed during mitosis might explain how the process of cell division goes so awry in cancer, according to researchers ...
The bonsai effect: Wounded plants make jasmonates, inhibiting cell division, stunting growth
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Nov 11, 2008 |
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It is well known that plants growing under unfavourable conditions are generally smaller than those growing in stress-free conditions: indeed it is estimated that in the US, abiotic stress reduces the yield of agricultural ...
New cell division mechanism discovered
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Oct 28, 2008 |
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A novel cell division mechanism has been discovered in a microorganism that thrives in hot acid. The finding may also result in insights into key processes in human cells, and in a better understanding of the main evolutionary ...
Origin of root offshoots revealed
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Oct 23, 2008 |
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VIB researchers at Ghent University (Belgium) have discovered the substance that governs the formation of root offshoots in plants, and how it works. Root offshoots are vitally important for plants – and for farmers. Plants ...
Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. The alarm bell halts ...
Brainy genes, not brawn, key to success on mussel beach
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Oct 09, 2008 |
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It's hard being a mussel: you have to worry about hungry starfish and even hungrier humans, not to mention an environment that can change your body temperature 50 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few hours.
