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Stanford biologists crack centuries-old mystery of how cell growth triggers cell division


September 28, 2015

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Cells were discovered in 1676, and almost immediately afterward scientists began wondering why cells are so perfectly small. More than three centuries later, a team of Stanford biologists have zeroed in on a previously unknown mechanism within the cell growth cycle that controls cell size. The fundamental finding was made by studying yeast cells, but could provide insight to basic human biology as well as diseases such as cancer that thrive by manipulating this mechanism.Full Story

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