Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to William A Wells.
The use of complex and three-dimensional environments, plus the promise of collaborative work by a Migration Consortium, are heating up research into cell migration.
For 40 years, the debate has raged. Do mammalian cells monitor cell size when deciding whether to divide? More recent models suggest an indirect solution, but the field is far from reaching a final verdict.
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Spectacular examples of transdifferentiation--such as brain cells turning to blood and blood to brain--have given way to sneaking suspicions about artifacts in culture, fusion, and clonality. Could cell fates be relatively fixed after all?