When cells move, they alter their internal skeleton to push membrane out at the front and pull it in at the back. New work fills in some of the gaps in our knowledge of how this process is regulated.
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Cory, G., Ridley, A. Braking WAVEs. Nature 418, 732–733 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418732a
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