Live Imaging Puts New Light on Stem Cell Division

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 13:56 in Biology & Nature

A long-held assumption about asymmetrical division of stem cells has cracked. Researchers at the University of Oregon report that the mitotic spindle does not act alone -- that cortical proteins help to position a cleavage furrow in the right location.

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