It's tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate everything inside of them, including their neatly packaged DNA, then split in half.

Bacterial cells are prokaryotic and basic, and carry biomolecules like proteins and DNA encased in a cellular membrane. Cells ...

Researchers have engineered synthetic cells capable of mimicking biological division, a step toward artificial life systems.

When researchers test whether an antibiotic will work, they usually do so in a controlled laboratory environment. But when an ...

Less than a year after a horrific spate of Vibrio vulnificus cases in Florida that nearly killed a Pensacola woman, the ...

The 'fleshing-eating' disease caused by the Vibrio vulnificus bacterium is expected to increase with rising oceanic ...

A plastic water bottle tossed into a recycling bin could, within 24 hours, become the raw material for one of the world’s ...

Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" ...

During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the ...

A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how cells behave when division goes wrong. Sometimes a cell successfully copies its DNA but fails to split into two, leaving it with double the genetic ...

Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor formation, potentially leading to colorectal cancer, by secreting a toxin that ...