How to Use cell division in a Sentence

cell division

noun
  • This process is called cell division.
    — Julie Phillippi, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • Each stage of cell division requires zinc.
    — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Over many cell divisions, these repeats can build up, with dozens of the same three base code in a row.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019
  • During this stage, more cell division takes place, and your blastocyst takes a ball-like shape.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Imagine a wad of snowflake yeast, growing larger and larger with each cell division.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2021
  • This low rate of cell division in the adult heart likely serves as its primary defense against cancer.
    — Julie Phillippi, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • Stem cells have the potential to become many kinds of cells and can renew themselves through cell division.
    — Kevin Flower, CNN, 4 June 2019
  • So, the cell division process includes lots of checkpoints where the cell makes sure everything has worked properly.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024
  • OPCs are by far the most abundant cells undergoing cell division in our brain.
    — R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Larger cells lack flagella and instead use the centrioles full time for cell division.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2018
  • Daptomycin could no longer attach and halt the bacteria’s cell division.
    — Wired, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The egg and sperm are monitored to confirm that fertilization and cell division are taking place.
    — Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
  • By halting cell division, these drugs stop cancer cells from multiplying and spreading.
    — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 13 May 2023
  • The content marketplace is already undergoing a form of rapid-fire cell division around the world.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Nov. 2021
  • And superimposed on this cell division pattern, is also a pattern of cell death which is exactly the same.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Then in the regenerative stage, slow rates of cell division translate into slow skin regrowth.
    — Matthew Steinhauser, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The sections might also alter what is known about the basics of human biology, such as cell division.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The repetitive forms and patterns are reminiscent of cell division that creates life.
    — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 14 May 2018
  • Cancer is the term given to hundreds of diseases that share uncontrolled cell division and the potential to spread to other parts of the body.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2022
  • When the telomeres were repositioned to the nuclear periphery, cell division ground almost to a halt.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The process of cell division requires a cell to make a copy of itself by using a protein template called DNA.
    — Dr. Jared Heiner, idahostatesman, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Because epithelial cells grow quickly, even a slight mismatch between the rates of cell division and cell death can quickly add up to a tumor or injury.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In males, the protein encoded by Apollo is needed for the cell division that is the final step in sperm production.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2018
  • That fracture separates the long arm of the chromosome from its spindle—the fibers that pull chromosomes apart during cell division.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 29 Oct. 2020
  • This rate of growth is so amazing, in fact, that researchers are studying antler growth and the rapid cell division that accompanies that process in hopes of curing cancer.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The lab is also trying to figure out how to get eggs to enter a special form of cell division called meiosis that prepares them for being fertilized.
    — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • These arrangements of non-gene regions can give us insight into errors in cell division such as cancer, Miga adds.
    — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • This oxygenation process is crucial for stimulating cell division and promoting the growth of strong, vibrant hair strands.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Unlike all other cell types, neurons do not increase tissue volume by cell division but rather by expanding the volume of the cells themselves.
    — Jeffrey M. Rodgers, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Centromeres are structures in the middle of chromosomes that are filled with repeating sequences of code and integral to the cell division process.
    — NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022

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