Published in Law and Health Weekly, February 9th, 2008
He’s dissecting the complex, continuous and amazing process that enables one cell to become two.
When all goes well, cell division, or mitosis, helps repopulate a damaged organ or replenish endogenous stem cells.
When it goes badly, it can result in cancer or developmental defects.
"What we are trying to understand is how cells divide," says Dr. Du, cell biologist at the Medical College of Georgia, who recently received $2 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American...
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