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Scientists discover cell division does more than make new cells: It helps reshape tissues

Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a fundamental problem that scientists have not fully understood: How does a tightly packed sheet of cells make room for two daughter cells when there was once only one?

Scientists discover cell division does more than make new cells: It helps reshape tissues
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Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a fundamental problem that scientists have not fully understood: How does a tightly packed sheet of cells make room for two daughter cells when there was once only one?

Originally published at Phys.org

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