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At any given moment, 250 million cells are dividing in the human body through an essential process known as mitosis. Inaccuracy of mitosis leads directly to aneuploidy (gain or loss of chromosomes), a hallmark of several cancers and birth defects. Mitotic fidelity is controlled by the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), a signaling pathway that delays the progression of mitosis to ensure that all c ...