In each cell of your body, DNA is stored in structures called chromosomes. When cells divide, these chromosomes are copied, ...
It's tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate ...
A research group at the University of Bologna has identified, for the first time, the specific location and genomic context where DNA breaks occur due to the inhibition of the topoisomerase I, a ...
Studies reveal why some cancers are so much more dangerous than others - Researchers say findings may help improve diagnoses and treatment ...
A cell copies all six billion letters of its DNA, gears up to split, and then simply… doesn’t. It sits there, swollen with ...
For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn’t replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a cell divides – which they need to do constantly. Without this process, we ...
Researchers have engineered synthetic cells capable of mimicking biological division, a step toward artificial life systems.
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent stem cells that can produce all cell types of an organism. ES cells proliferate rapidly and have been thought to experience high levels of intrinsic ...
When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...
A study headed by researchers at NYU Langone Health has found that herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) partially liquifies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to help copy itself ...