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

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

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

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 ...

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that ...

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Scientists suggest understanding ecDNA’s role in pancreatic cancer could potentially guide future strategies for making ...

In a recent study, scientists have developed a revolutionary chromosome identification system for alfalfa, one of the world's ...

World Athletics, the governing body for track and field, has announced a new rule that will require all female athletes to ...

The study, published in the prestigious journal EMBO Journal, reveals why some tumors escape the immune system, and offers a ...

“Reduced telomere length can be caused by embryonic cellular damage,” said study co-lead Dr. Yasmyn Winstanley. The ...