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How Errors in Divvying Up Chromosomes Lead to Defects in Cells – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

How Errors in Divvying Up Chromosomes Lead to Defects in Cells – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Source: Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.​

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A human cell undergoing mitosis with the microtubules shown in green, chromosomes shown in blue, and kinetochores shown in red.

How Errors in Divvying Up Chromosomes Lead to Defects in Cells

During the fundamental process of mitosis, a type of cell division, dividing cells sometimes make errors while divvying up chromosomes. Understanding how this happens may help researchers develop targeted therapies for a variety of diseases, including cancer. Learn more about how NIGMS-funded research is exploring this vital, complex process.

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