Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a study published in Neuron, ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

For the first time, scientists have identified promising drug candidates that bind irreversibly with a notoriously ...

Researchers discovered peptides that permanently block a key cancer protein once thought untreatable, using a new screening ...