Embryo cell competition trims the clump back to the right size, and the same killing may flag which embryos are likely to implant. A human embryo grows from a single cell into a whole body, dividing until trillions of cells settle into place. Yet some cells survive by killing their neighbors, in a process called cell competition. We tend to picture smooth teamwork. A new study s... [4986 chars]
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