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Our cells can divide in a completely unexpected way

A different kind of human cell division could improve our understanding of cancer and help us grow specific tissues

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Cancer atlas reveals how tumours evolve inside the body

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Most detailed map of uterine lining yields clues about endometriosis

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An eosinophil immune cell, which can be involved in asthma

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Asthma treated in mice using offshoot of CAR T-cell cancer therapy

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A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae

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Some animal cells contain tiny tornadoes that mix up their contents

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Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible

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A scanning electron micrograph of mammalian embryonic stem cells

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The development of embryos may be less shaped by genes than we thought

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Marmosets swap brain cells with their siblings

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genome has created a strain of yeast with half of its chromosomes designed from scratch

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A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

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Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteria-killing viruses

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Some of our cells move – and they do it by emitting lots of chemicals

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We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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