A Cell Divides to Form Two Daughter Cells (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

A Cell Divides to Form Two Daughter Cells

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Scientists hope to identify cancer drugs that work in a two-pronged approach -- by inducing errors when cancer cells divide packages of their DNA -- known as chromosomes -- as seen here, as well as inhibiting a key protein in cancer cells, known as telomerase

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Mar Carmena and Emma Peat

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