Dying on cue

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Earnshaw's group was hoping to crack a different question: how the cell's chromatin condenses during mitosis. In order to find the answer, they allowed researchers to create synchronized systems to study how protein-slicing enzymes such as the caspases orchestrate apoptosis.

Keywords: mitosis caspases chromatin DNA nuclei apoptosis