Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...

Different types of cell division failure shape whether duplicated cells survive, remain stable, or lead to cancer.

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 ...

Six men scattered across Italy share something extraordinary with Leonardo da Vinci: the same Y chromosome that passed, ...

Despite their utility, everyday essentials—cosmetics, food packaging, plastics—can contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). These stealthy invaders can slip into the body through skin absorption ...

In the small Tuscan town of Vinci, inside church tombs that have held bones for centuries, researchers recently extracted ...

A subtle failure during cell division can set off dramatically different outcomes, according to new research exploring whole ...

Giorgia Guglielmi is a science journalist in Basel, Switzerland. The team also revealed the spatial organization of the mammoth’s DNA molecules and the active genes in its skin, including one ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...