Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic…
What looks like a pair of scary alien eyes is actually the final stage in the duplication of a cell. Cell duplication is preceded by a process called…
A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in…
Real-time tracking of proteins during mitosis is now possible using a 4D computer…
Mammalian life begins differently than we…
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a career that would uncover key mechanisms of cell…
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo…
Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell…
DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected…
When an egg cell is being formed, the cellular machinery which separates chromosomes is extremely imprecise at fishing them out of the cell’s…
As any rock-climber knows, trailing a long length of rope behind you is not easy. A dangling length of rope is unwieldy and hard to manoeuvre, and…
During cell division, microtubules emanating from each of the spindle poles meet and overlap in the spindle’s midzone. Scientists at the European…
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