Sentences with phrase «brake on cell division»

For example, a gene called p53, which normally acts as a brake on cell division, turns out to be mutated or lost in about half of all tumours.

«Here, we show how a common growth signaling pathway in cells can destroy one of the brakes on cell division to allow cell division to move forward,» Emanuele said.

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The protein puts the immune system's brakes on, keeping its T cells from recognizing and attacking cancer cells, said Dr. Antoni Ribas, the study's principal investigator and a professor of medicine in the division of hematology - oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.