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Arizona State University

Cells

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In addition to competing for resources, living cells actively kill and eat each other. New explorations of these "cell-in-cell" phenomena show they are not restricted to cancer cells but are a common facet of living organisms, across the tree of life. 

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Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

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