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Darko Manevski

House Cleaning: Study Finds Cells Take Out The Trash Before They Divide

MIT researchers had discovered that before cells start to divide, they toss waste products. (MIT/Zenger).

Cells that are about to divide get ready for the split by taking out the garbage to dispose of molecules that they seem not to need anymore.

The strategy discovered by MIT researchers could also explain how fast-dividing cancer cells can become immune to drugs because they can expel the medicine each time they divide.

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