Brazilian scientists found how to strip cancer's protein shield, stopping rapid cell division and restoring programmed cell ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have revealed how mistakes in the final step of cell division can have dire consequences for developing brain cells. The findings offer important ...

Malignant melanoma is one of the most dangerous forms of cancer. Around half of melanomas and about 7% of all other cancers ...

Several types of cancer are triggered by mutations in a protein called BRAF. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have resolved a previously unknown conformation adopted by this protein ...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that SYCP1, a protein previously thought to function only during ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in individual cells. The improved resolution will promote advanced cell analysis ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...