Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

In order to understand what they were seeing, the researchers conducted several experiments to tease apart the different factors that influence the cells during division. The researchers already knew ...

The three domains of life — archaea, bacteria, and eukarya — may have more in common than previously thought. The three domains of life -- archaea, bacteria, and eukarya -- may have more in common ...

Cell division is one of the most fundamental biological functions, vital to life – but there's still so much about it that we don't understand. In an attempt to find out more, researchers at the ...

Amrinder Nain is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, but he doesn't build cars or robots. The mechanics he champions are the tiny building blocks of life and how they ...

For cell division to be successful, pairs of chromosomes have to line up just right before being swept into their new cells, like the opening of a theater curtain. They accomplish this feat in part ...

A protein known as MPS1 helps to ensure that a key process during cell division of oocytes—unfertilized egg cells—occurs in a timely manner, RIKEN biologists have discovered. This finding in mice may ...

The stem cells tasked with creating and maintaining biological tissues have a difficult job. They have to precisely divide to form new specialized cells, which are destined to different fates even ...