the cell develops and functions. The struggle to comprehend this interplay is the preoccupation of biologists, and more recently those engaged in systems biology. But do we readily take into ...

A 'pocket' on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order. Cell division is key for life. Every organism -- from the smallest ...

No pocket = no correct cell division The research team led by Thomas Mayer has now demonstrated this mechanism for two cyclins from the B group. Cyclin B1 is relevant in mitosis, a type of cell ...

Joy Division is best known as one of the most revered post-punk bands of all time, as well as for hits like “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Unfortunately, the band is also known for the sudden and ...

The new study analyzed sperm cells from 58 individuals, looking at two types of epigenetic markers: DNA methylation and small noncoding RNA. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now ...

Thanks to a new technology called Moscot ('Multi-Omics Single-Cell Optimal Transport'), researchers ... a PhD candidate at the Institute of Computational Biology at Helmholtz Munich, and a ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...