cell division
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By focusing on the pulling mechanism rather than just promoting cell division, future therapies might better support hair growth in people experiencing thinning or balding.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
This protein is needed for the formation of cilia — hairlike protrusions that cells can use to move — as well as in the assembly of the mitotic spindle that organizes chromosomes during cell division, and for the transport of neurotransmitters in neurons.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
However, every time a cell divides and DNA is replicated, those protective caps get a little bit shorter, eventually reaching a point where cell division stops.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
This protein is needed for the formation of cilia — hairlike protrusions that cells can use to move — as well as in the assembly of the mitotic spindle that organizes chromosomes during cell division, and for the transport of neurotransmitters in neurons.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
However, every time a cell divides and DNA is replicated, those protective caps get a little bit shorter, eventually reaching a point where cell division stops.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Cell division.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20division. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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