Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

Scientists have recently been learning more about the importance of small bits of circular genetic material known as ...

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

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Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the cell cycle, which has been in place since the earliest bacteria. The ...

Researchers have identified an important event in the enigmatic final step of mammalian cell division: thin spiral fibers may physically "cut" one daughter cell from ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...