Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

The 2025 Annual Report from the Basic Sciences Division at Fred Hutch features the divisions reflections for the year, as ...

Elana Thieme and Mark Mendoza, fourth-year graduate students in the Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) PhD Program jointly ...

Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's ...

Tomato fruit size, a trait that strongly influences market value and yield, is governed by intricate developmental processes.

Scientists exploring how the brain responds to stress discovered molecular changes that can influence behavior long after an ...

For decades, the dream of slowing aging has hovered at the edge of science fiction, more marketing slogan than medical ...

At its winter meeting, EMBL Council selected Anthony A. Hyman as EMBL’s next Director General. “I am pleased to announce the decision by the EMBL Council to elect Anthony Hyman as future EMBL Director ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

Curiosity-driven experiments in a basement eventually sparked a worldwide rethink of how stress, addiction, and life experiences shape the brain.