Mother Machine (IMAGE)

Duke University

Mother Machine

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The 'mother machine' used in the study allows researchers to study individual cells growing and dividing over many generations. The mother cells stay in the closed ends of their own tubes while the daughter cells they produce are pushed toward the open end where they are swept away by a stream of nutrients.

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Lingchong You, Duke University

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