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

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

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

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

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...

WEHI researchers have solved a decades-long mystery by determining the structure of human PINK1, a key protein linked to ...

The reconstructed 3D cell tissue is subjected to a PET scan. Innovative system enables efficient evaluation of future cancer ...

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified a key protein in the human immune system that drives inflammatory and ...

Research shows UV radiation modifies 3D genome structure, affecting DNA damage response and gene activity, offering insights ...