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The push for a place in the crowd

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Cells change shape and volume when they divide — not a simple task, especially when they are confined by surrounding tissue. Experiments now reveal that hydrostatic pressure changes generate the pushing forces that cells need to create space for division.

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Fig. 1: Mechanisms to generate pushing forces.

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    Jacob Notbohm

  2. Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    Brian Burkel

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Notbohm, J., Burkel, B. The push for a place in the crowd. Nature Phys 14, 533–534 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0114-z

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