Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new ...

SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Tiny versions of chromosomes show up in things like birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

The health impacts of men losing their Y chromosome from their cells are increasingly coming to light, with the loss playing ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive ...

Doctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.

Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a fundamental physical law that governs the seemingly chaotic motion of chromosomes ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases – the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

EMBL researchers have created a new AI tool that uses a “molecular laser tag” approach to identify cells capable of revealing the earliest origins of cancer. The human body depends on accurate genetic ...