The secret to cellular youth may depend on keeping the nucleolus—a condensed structure inside the nucleus of a cell—small, ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults.

Eight years on from the formation of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium, which set out with the hugely ambitious task of ...

"Human cells carry tens of thousands of mRNAs. How does the cellular machinery handle such a diverse population of molecules ...

The central dogma of biology defines the flow of genetic information: It describes how proteins are made from mRNA templates, ...

Differences in the ribosomal densities of the two daughters produced by a mother Escherichia coli could explain the asymmetry of aging and growth rate in previously reported such daughter pairs.

That means that any of the organelles found in the cytoplasm of the male parent's cells don't carry over ... "He was such a remarkable human being and we're going to make sure we continue his work ...

The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...

Researchers at the Centre (CRG) reveal that metabolic enzymes known for their roles in energy production and nucleotide synthesis are taking on unexpected "second jobs" within the nucleus, ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, ...

Metabolic enzymes, typically associated with energy production, are now discovered to also play essential roles in the nucleus, such as orchestrating cell division and DNA repair. This breakthrough, ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, ...