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

How chromosomes shape up for cell division Scientists have shown how overlapping loops of DNA stack upon each other in dividing cells to give rise to rod-shaped chromosomes Date: March 24, 2025 ...

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

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...

Can Animals Have Mental Disabilities? Mental health issues aren’t exclusive to humans—animals can experience them too. From cognitive decline resembling dementia to anxiety and trauma-related ...

When a cell divides, the genome has to be duplicated, then the two copies separated and one goes to each daughter cell. But ...

Did you know men and women's heart cells prefer different kinds of fuel? Gender differences are emerging as scientists turn ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone ...

After a storied scientific career that began with the discovery of how hormones control genes, Keith Yamamoto, PhD, has ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport to the daughter cells during cell division ... and currently an ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone oestrogen and explain why they are less susceptible to certain infectious ...