cell division
noun
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Telomeres shorten as a person ages through cell division and psychological and physical stress.
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Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
For example, drugs can activate apoptosis or halt cell division in ways that mimic p53’s normal function.
—Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
And superimposed on this cell division pattern, is also a pattern of cell death which is exactly the same.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Trillions of cell divisions occur, during which one cell splits into two identical daughter cells.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
For example, drugs can activate apoptosis or halt cell division in ways that mimic p53’s normal function.
—Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
And superimposed on this cell division pattern, is also a pattern of cell death which is exactly the same.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Trillions of cell divisions occur, during which one cell splits into two identical daughter cells.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Cell division.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20division. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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