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2020-07-23
The Chromosome waltz
To generate our reproductive cells (the gametes), our cells use a double division called meiosis.
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2020-05-20
Cancer cells deactivate their ‘Velcro’ to go on the attack
Cancer cells remain clumped together via a sort of ‘Velcro’ which allows them to adhere to each other wherever they appear.
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2020-04-15
Mechanobiology: what makes bacterial pathogens so stiff?
Bacteria are surrounded by mechanically rigid cell envelopes, which play important roles in controlling cellular processes like growth, division, adhesion as well as resistance to drugs and environmen
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2020-04-03
Lock the door on coronavirus
How does the new coronavirus enter our cells and how do we keep it from entering?
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2020-03-26
Perverting cell-to-cell communication in streptococci
Bacteria have developed cell-to-cell communication systems to exchange information in order to coordinate a population response toward various stimuli.
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