Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of ...

A research team led by UAB researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the ...

New techniques to detect Y chromosome genes show frequent loss of the Y in tissues of older men. The increase with age is clear: 40% of 60-year-old men show loss of Y, but 57% of 90-year-olds.

Centromeres are regions of DNA where the cell's machinery grabs each chromosome and pulls it into the two daughter cells. Centromeres are essential ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Impeccable Cantonese cooking is on show at the Club Rivers restaurant.

Oral cancers with a high risk of recurrence can be identified at an early stage by examining the lymphatic vessels of the tumor. Finnish researchers have discovered for the first time that the surface ...

In our cells, our DNA carries chemical or 'epigenetic' marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in the group of specialised ...

As colon cancer surges in young Americans, including 48-year-old Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek, scientists have ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cellular mechanisms that cause immune cells to differentiate and ultimately lose function during viral infection, findings that could improve ...

Martin Bukenya, 18, a student at Hillside Senior Secondary School in Matugga, Wakiso District, and a resident of Kirinyabigo, ...