Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful ...

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role ...

The journey started with an enigma in the zebrafish embryo: some endothelial cells, actively involved in the initial stages ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

A new study published today in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center details a therapeutic vulnerability in  patients with an aggressive ...

The process of aging is associated with a decline in immune functions and persistent low-level inflammation. Now, researchers ...

Discover how axolotls and flatworms coordinate regeneration through body-wide signals, revealing a complex healing process.

Using drugs that inhibit enzymes called CDK4/6 and CDK2 extends the G1 phase of the cell cycle and helps to slow the growth of drug-resistant breast cancer.

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for inherited disease.