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How cells choose to die

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Humans have several ways of keeping cancer at bay, and the p53 protein forms a crucial part of this self-defence. The newly discovered action of a p53-binding protein helps explain how cells respond to p53.

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Figure 1: To die or stop dividing?

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Lane, D. How cells choose to die. Nature 414, 25–27 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35102132

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