Breast cancers can be classified into subgroups that hint at the aggressiveness of the cancer and the likelihood that the ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive organelles, such as micro-compartments found in some bacteria, help organize cellular processes by concentrating ...

A "pocket" on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order. Two studies by researchers at the University of Konstanz investigated ...

An international research team has discovered various mechanisms in asexual mites that generate genetic diversity and thus ensure survival.

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In ...

It prevents females from having twice as many X-chromosome gene products as males have. In males, an imprinted gene that is expressed only from Xm will be expressed in all cells, but because of X ...

Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are ...