In eukaryotes, the cell cycle consists of four discrete phases: G 1, S, G 2, and M. The S or synthesis phase is when DNA ...

The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby – or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor. With so much at stake, nature keeps it tightly controlled in a process ...

The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby—or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor. With so much at stake, nature keeps it tightly controlled in a process ...

When cells adapt to new challenges, they often do so by reshuffling their genomes on a grand scale. A new study published in ...

Researchers have generated FuChi, the first viable Fucci cell cycle reporter line in an avian species, revealing that S phase exit may drive cell movements during chicken gastrulation.

In a tale of identities as divergent as "The Prince and the Pauper," a well-known cancer-causing gene also influences cells in a zombie-like state meant to prevent cancer. Scientists at Sanford ...

Bacterial cells do not wake up one morning and decide to become parents. But there is a point in their cell cycle—after growing sufficiently and replicating their genomes—when they split in two, ...

For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. The lab-made synthetic cell ...

The cycle that goes wrong Normal skin replaces itself in roughly 28 to 30 days. A new keratinocyte forms at the base of the epidermis, migrates upward, flattens, loses its nucleus, and eventually ...