Scientists uncover how the nucleolus, a tiny structure within cells, may control aging and lifespan, opening new ...

More than a decade of research shows that the nucleolus—the largest structure in the eukaryotic nucleus—plays a pivotal role in aging. Now, a new study analyzing yeast cells suggests both that ...

. Published by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA; 1997. pp. 360. $45.00 Whereas the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the preferred tool for many ...

The yeast cells act as microscopic factories ... that accumulate in the body during illness—the yeast adjusts its structure and activity to deliver just the right amount of therapeutic compounds.

RNA breaks destined for repair are inflicted by sequence-specific or structure-specific endoribonucleases during ... each component catalytic module of tRNA ligase is essential for yeast cell growth; ...

Changes in chromatin structure ... loss is coupled to cell division and seems to be triggered by telomeric DNA damage. Figure 2: Replicative ageing causes histone loss in yeast and human fibroblasts.