Study Finds Restoring Order to Dividing Cancer Cells May Prevent Metastasis (IMAGE)

Weill Cornell Medicine

Study Finds Restoring Order to Dividing Cancer Cells May Prevent Metastasis

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Left: Normal cell division with the chromosomes (blue) lined up and ready to be pulled into two separate daughter cells by the two centrosomes (green). Right: In faulty cell division, too many centrosomes are present, resulting in multiple cells with chromosomal instability. 

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Dr. Shelly Yang Bai

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