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PLK4 inhibition-mediated centrosome amplification drives anti-tumor activity across euploid solid tumors

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By Nina Munoz, Christopher Szeto, Pragalath Sundararajan, Christopher Kochansky, Jimmy Lai, Jennifer Roth, Matthew Rees, Melissa Ronan, Lisa Belmont, Paige Mahaney, Jae H. Chang, Heather Finlay, Dana M. Gwinn, Kaleo Leonhardt, Akhil Choppa, Jo-Ting Chang, Rizlane Nghima-Tahiri
| Nature Verified
Abstract PLK4 is a master regulator of centriole biogenesis. Knockdown or complete inhibition of PLK4 results in centrosome depletion. Recently, it was demonstrated that normal cells can tolerate centriole depletion by utilizing acentriolar condensates of pericentriolar material to function as microtubule organizing centers during mitosis.
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Opinion: As America turns 250, we must tell the full story of our history

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By Margaret Mitchell, Heather Finlay
| Times of San Diego Verified
An American flag billows in the wind on a bright, cloudy day at the Spreckles Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego) America is turning 250. Amid the fireworks, parades and familiar tributes to the founders, one question lingers: when we tell the story of this country, whose story do we choose to tell — and whose do we leave out? We love this country. That is exactly why it is so essential that we tell her full story.
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Help Call Twitter to account!

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By Heather Finlay
| crowdjustice.com
My name is Heather Finlay. I've long been concerned about the number of women who have been suspended by Twitter for factual tweets that supported science and biology and women’s human rights. I know this concern is widely shared by many women, and increasing numbers of men. Many have expressed their desire for legal action to assert our rights. I am now raising funds to do this. It is deeply concerning that free speech is being restricted on Twitter.
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