All processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the replacement of old cells with new ones depend on cell division.

Processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the continual renewal of cells all rely on cell division. In this process, chromosomes must be evenly distributed between two daughter cells. Even ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in the atmosphere ...

Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell's nucleus drastically disrupted the ...

Hair grows because cells at the root divide and push it upward, like toothpaste squeezed from a tube. At least, this is what what we thought. However, new research claims this explanation is ...

Every drop of blood in the human body traces back to a small reserve of stem cells buried inside bone marrow. These ...

Every year, more than 200,000 people in Germany suffer a heart attack. This is caused by blocked coronary arteries. As a ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists as part of a DNA-protein complex known as chromatin. For this purpose, the ...

A new study from MIT suggests that a carcinogen that has been found in medications and in drinking water contaminated by ...

A man in Norway has achieved long-term HIV remission after a stem cell transplant from his brother. Researchers say rare ...

Police in Mbale City, Eastern Uganda are holding six students of Nkoma Secondary School after they were reportedly filmed ...