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>when cells are touching each other, they stop dividing. I might be very stupid, but if this is a thing, how do we grow? Aren't, for example, bone cells always
by Loughla 3y ago
>when cells are touching each other, they stop dividing.
I might be very stupid, but if this is a thing, how do we grow? Aren't, for example, bone cells always touching other cells?
- xmcqdpt2 3y agoAFAIK the specific patterning and asymmetry of surrounding cells is what convinced the cells to form organs. The inhibition stops random cells in media from forming a big randomly configured organ, ie a tumor. Here is a paper about it, https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/febs.14694 https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/febs.14...