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Nature 460, 149 (9 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/7252149a; Published online 8 July 2009

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Making the paper: Neil Ganem

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A defect in dividing cancer cells results in a chromosome tug-of-war.

As Neil Ganem spent many hours peering down a microscope in search of dividing cells, his adviser David Pellman at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, would sometimes joke that he was "looking at his wife's teeth".Pellman was referring to philosopher Bertrand Russell's words about Aristotle's assertion that women have fewer teeth than men: "Although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.