cell division
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Treating a cannabis plant with a natural chemical disrupts mitosis, leading to the creation of extra chromosomes without cell division.
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Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Keeping track of time, for instance, is a function that’s essential to all living things, from microorganisms biding their time till the next cell division to embryos growing limbs and organs, to more complex critters tracking the passage of day and night.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Thus, at sufficient doses, the drug halts all cell division, impairs protein assembly, decreases endocytosis and exocytosis, alters cell shape, and reduces cell motility.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
This oxygenation process is crucial for stimulating cell division and promoting the growth of strong, vibrant hair strands.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
Magnesium is involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body and is required for several physiological functions, including energy production, DNA synthesis, protein synthesis, cell division, and muscular contraction.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
This rate of growth is so amazing, in fact, that researchers are studying antler growth and the rapid cell division that accompanies that process in hopes of curing cancer.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
For example, Sen’s laboratory studies epigenetic changes in the caps on the ends of chromosomes, known as telomeres, which affect cell division.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
During this stage, more cell division takes place, and your blastocyst takes a ball-like shape.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Keeping track of time, for instance, is a function that’s essential to all living things, from microorganisms biding their time till the next cell division to embryos growing limbs and organs, to more complex critters tracking the passage of day and night.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Thus, at sufficient doses, the drug halts all cell division, impairs protein assembly, decreases endocytosis and exocytosis, alters cell shape, and reduces cell motility.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
This oxygenation process is crucial for stimulating cell division and promoting the growth of strong, vibrant hair strands.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
Magnesium is involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body and is required for several physiological functions, including energy production, DNA synthesis, protein synthesis, cell division, and muscular contraction.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
This rate of growth is so amazing, in fact, that researchers are studying antler growth and the rapid cell division that accompanies that process in hopes of curing cancer.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
For example, Sen’s laboratory studies epigenetic changes in the caps on the ends of chromosomes, known as telomeres, which affect cell division.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
During this stage, more cell division takes place, and your blastocyst takes a ball-like shape.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
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