Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a ...

A research team from The University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered a new molecular mechanism underlying chromosome alignment during cell ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a combination of ...

One of the worst things that can happen to a cell is to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes. This can happen if something goes wrong during cell division, and it can lead to infertility, ...

Published on UNIGE scientists reveal how separase, a key enzyme in cell division, ensures the accurate separation of chromosomes. Schematic ...

Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors. The findings, said the ...

A chromosome is a single, long molecule of DNA. These highly organized structures store genetic information in living organisms. Small sections of the chromosome, called genes, code for the RNA and ...

Cells have to maintain the proper number of chromosomes or serious disease can result. In humans, cells each have 23 pairs and when they divide, it’s critical to ...

Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have solved the puzzle of how small chromosomes ensure that they aren’t skipped over during meiosis, the process that makes sperm and egg. From avocado ...

A research team from the University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered ...

Some cells can turn cancerous when they divide, due to chromosomes getting “lost” in the process. In a new study, researchers at the University of Warwick have uncovered what happens to these lost ...

A two-cell embryo of , stained to visualize DNA (red) and the cell membrane (green). One of the worst things that can happen to a cell is to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes. This can ...