If you took high school biology, you probably learned about cell division: a crucial process in all life forms officially called mitosis. For over one hundred years, students have learned that ...

Did you know that a small molecule called NAD+ plays a critical role in our aging process? A deficiency of this molecule may cause you to age much faster than normal.

What am I looking at? This is a 3D video of a so-called HeLa cell.In this video, the cell’s actin filaments are labeled in orange. As the cell enters the first stages of cell division, you can see a ...

If cells in cell cultures grow while being treated with division-suppressing agents, their growth becomes excessive and they permanently lose their ability to divide. However, if the cells are ...

Right timing of cell division. His group has now discovered that Plk1 is not essential for the start of cell division. "Rather, it acts as a molecular switch to ensure that cells start dividing at ...

Cell division: Before commitment, a very long engagement Date: June 26, 2024 Source: Weill Cornell Medicine Summary: Before a cell commits fully to the process of dividing itself into two new ...

This is a video of a HeLa cell as it undergoes an incomplete round of cell division. In this video, the actin protein is labeled in black and red, and you can see an actin wave traveling around the ...