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

“Instead of floating freely and risking uneven distribution, the 2-micron plasmid has evolved a clever trick of hitchhiking,” ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind ...

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

EMBL scientists have shown how overlapping loops of DNA stack upon each other in dividing cells to give rise to rod-shaped chromosomes As the cell ...

DNA analysis is crucial for identifying individuals and their relatives, using technologies like PCR, electrophoresis, and ...

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

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is ...

Dr Tatini Rakshit, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, highlights how innovative approaches like chromosome analysis and AFM could signific ...