A recent study has uncovered a potential breakthrough in treating osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), a debilitating bone disease that causes severe pain and joint collapse.

Because RNAs are so central to our biology, they are also drivers of a wide array of diseases. Defects in how RNA is produced ...

The role of centrosomal tubulin glutamylation has remained elusive for decades. Here, a new tool enables precise ...

For chromosomes to form the iconic X-shape that ensures the accurate passing of genetic information during cell division, a ...

For chromosomes to form the iconic X-shape that ensures the accurate passing of genetic information during cell division, a ...

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed, interactive map of a human cell, revealing how thousands of proteins ...

An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...

The UDHR emerged from the ashes of war and the horrors of the Holocaust. The traumatic events of the Second World War brought home that human rights are not always universally respected. The ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport to the daughter ... we see in the shape the genome takes in interphase and mitosis under the microscope." ...

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye disorder. But more work is needed to translate the treatment to people.