A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they ...

Scientists have discovered a promising new way to slow down aging at the cellular level using a special type of whey protein ...

An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport to the daughter cells during cell division ... professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) -- set out ...

Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

iconic X-shaped chromosomes formed during mitosis that help ensure the accurate passing of genetic information between cells during cell division. Published in the journal Science, these findings ...

For chromosomes to form the iconic X-shape that ensures the accurate passing of genetic information during cell division, a ...

FLORA LICHTMAN: This is Science Friday. I’m Flora Lichtman ... It turns out that these lemurs’ telomeres– those are the ends of their chromosomes– grow longer when they hibernate. Typically, telomeres ...

"We're diving into the basic science of how sex chromosomes influence not just how disease develops, but how cells respond to treatment," said Aguado. "By figuring out these sex-dependent ...

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.