Scientists figure out how cell division timer works

Scientists figure out how cell division timer works

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Human cells use a timer to divide: each cell gets at least 30 minutes to divide its genetic material between the nuclei of two daughter cells. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, have unravelled how this timer is switched on and off. Their findings open up perspectives for the treatment of cancer, as keeping the timer going would stop cancer cells from dividing.

Our body is constantly building new tissue and replacing dead or damaged cells through cell division. Skin cells, for instance, only last about a month before they are replaced by newly divided cells. Scientists already knew that cells have a built-in timer ensuring that their division takes at least half an hour. But the underlying mechanism of this timer was still a …

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(2017-12-02), Scientists figure out how cell division timer works, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 3249, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014746329