Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a ...

DNA analysis is crucial for identifying individuals and their relatives, using technologies like PCR, electrophoresis, and ...

Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a ...

Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is ...

Cell aging has always been an important topic in biological research, and telomere shortening is one of the key issues in ...

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

Alan Herbert, explores the understanding of genome information storage, and the significance of repetitive sequences called ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer stem cells, ...

Cells in the human body have very different life spans, depending on their type and function. Skin cells renew themselves every two to four weeks. Liver cells can last up to 500 days. Egg cells are ...