Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

Figure 1: A fluorescence light micrograph of breast cancer cell about to divide into two. Chromosomes are stained blue, while the pink dots are kinetochores. RIKEN ...

Before cells can divide by mitosis, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Scientists have until now ...

This is not the first attempt to create an artificial bacterium. In 2010, the JC Venter Institute created 'JCVI-syn1.0 ', which removes natural DNA from a bacterium called Mycoplasma mycoides, which ...

A fertilized egg of an animal can be easily removed, and the process of cell division can be observed alive. However, a fertilized egg of a plant cannot be removed and observed alive since it lies ...

New findings could aid future development of more efficient therapeutic strategies in the context of regenerative medicine and aging.