Centrosomes are not essential for cell division in most animal cells, although they contribute to the efficiency of mitotic spindle assembly. Centrosome loss is tolerated surprisingly well in fly ...

A recent Cell Reports paper by the Oxenius group (IMB) demonstrates a function of targeted centrosome inheritance during CD8 + T cell division for the generation of memory precursor cells.

This explosive division was thought to occur because many cancer cells have extra centrosomes, tiny circular structures that help pairs of chromosomes line up in preparation for cell division.

When a cell is dividing, two identical structures, called centrosomes, move to opposite sides of the cell to help separate its chromosomes into the new cells. When a cell is dividing, two ...

"We found that the centrosome—an organelle that drives cell division—regulates the nerve cell migration; for the formation and growth of the axon, however, it does not play a role," Dr ...

As the centrioles move toward the poles of the cell, they create a region of cytoskeletal production called the centrosome. Be mindful of the vocabulary you introduce to your students. The long ...

Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes-;organelles that play a vital role during cell division-;before they transform into cancer cells, according to a new study of patients with Barrett's ...

Also, it might be possible to impair the centrosome integrity of wildly reproducing cells—cancer cells—to prevent them from spreading. The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg scientists ...

During cell division, a cellular organ called the centrosome, and a copy of the centrosome, position themselves at opposite ends of the dividing cell. Each centrosome serves as an anchor for a ...

Unseen and ongoing, thousands of times every second: to keep a complex organism like humans alive, an immense number of new cells must be continuously produced. Up close, each of these cell ...

In contrast to normal cells, cancer cells frequently exhibit extra centrosomes, which tend to form multipolar spindles (MPS), triggering cell death. Nevertheless, cancer cells can divide successfully ...