Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a prokaryotic organism. This means that, unlike eukaryotic cells (such as those in plants, animals, ...

The G2 checkpoint ensures that DNA replication is complete and that any DNA damage that occurred during S phase has been ...

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

During cell division, adherent animal cells round up to create the precise spatial geometry required for accurate chromosome ...

A research team from The University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered a new molecular mechanism underlying chromosome alignment during cell ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Until now, scientists had believed that ...

A team of researchers from the US has turned DNA from human skin cells into "functional" eggs, which were able to be fertilised by sperm in a lab. While only around 10 per cent of the fertilised eggs ...

In this valuable study, the authors use deep learning models to provide solid evidence that epithelial wounding triggers bursts of cell division at a characteristic distance away from the wound. The ...

Humans aren't the only biological systems capable of breaking generational cycles: The cells that make us are, too. New research shows that cells detect when their parent had difficulty dividing and ...