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

RAD52 has already shown promise as a drug target. Inhibitors of the protein can selectively kill cancerous cells while ...

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

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

Damaged mitochondria are recycled within cells. Scientists find a link between cellular health and diseases like Parkinson’s ...

A comprehensive review titled "From the Test Tube to the Cell: A Homecoming for DNA Computing Circuits?" published Mar. 4 in ...

which is based on the idea that genetic information -- the blueprint for the cell structure, for example -- is translated using self-folding RNA alone. First, a DNA sequence is designed in a ...

Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital used a series of cryo-EM structures to visualize dynamics pivotal to ...

Ashley Spies, and cell-based and super-resolution imaging by the Pichierri group in Rome. In combination, the labs’ efforts ...

During cell division, the familiar double-stranded DNA helix gets split into two single ... "What these cryo-EM images showed us is that the G4 structure can get trapped -- like an obstacle ...

Both single- and double-stranded DNA features interact with RAD52 and hold the structure in place ... Ashley Spies, and cell-based and super-resolution imaging by the Pichierri group in Rome.