A hidden clue may explain why some mutated cells become cancerous and others don’t: how fast they divide. A new study from researchers at Sinai Health in Toronto reveals that the total time it takes ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

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 ...

Every time a stem cell divides, one daughter cell remains a stem cell while the other takes off on its own developmental journey. But both daughter cells require specific and different cellular ...

As the cell approaches division, it produces the DNA of its future daughter cell (red). While the goal of simulating a real, ...

Researchers found that tau binds DNA to form condensates that help connect chromosomes to microtubules during cell division, ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

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

One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think - right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in ...

Aki Stubb is in the Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland. Sara A. Wickström is in the Stem Cells and Metabolism Research ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Even scientists were unaware that mitosis is not always symmetrical—until recently. Led by biologists ...

Researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they toss waste products. Using a new method they developed for measuring the dry mass of cells, the researchers found cells suddenly ...