That means researchers can now use it to better understand how genes function, how diseases start and how to design better treatments. "Every single cell can have a different chromosome structure," ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure – and the crucial importance not only of short sequence motifs, but also of the chemical characteristics. Many ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

Jasmine Plummer shares the spatial omics techniques she has developed to investigate the cellular processes underlying ...

A central question in molecular biology is how cells protect their chromosomes from damage during repeated cell division. At the heart of this protective process is an enzyme called telomerase. Now an ...

Life begins with a quiet but precise choreography inside the nucleus. For decades, scientists believed that a newly fertilized egg started in disorder, its DNA loosely arranged and waiting for ...