Physiological Phenomena: News and Research on Asymmetric Cell Division

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What determines the fate of a T cell? Research highlights cellular 'housekeeping' mechanism

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell inherits different cellular components, which drive the cells toward divergent fates—one cell becomes ...

Dec 19, 2025

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Targeted centrosome inheritance during CD8⁺ T cell division plays role in memory precursor cell generation: Study

A recent Cell Reports paper by the Oxenius group (IMB) demonstrates a function of targeted centrosome inheritance during CD8+ T cell division for the generation of memory precursor cells.

Jan 9, 2025

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