Cases are expected to become more common as climate change leads to warmer ocean temperatures. File this under, “Florida is ...

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.

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

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed an anti-cancer therapy inspired by bacteria found in cancer tumors. When tested in combination with radiation in animal models of ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potentially curative therapy for patients with blood cancers or other conditions like aplastic anemia or sickle cell disease. While lifesaving, this ...

A living, synthetic cell has been made by transplanting a complete genome into a dead bacterium, bringing it back to life. The breakthrough could help synthetic biology live up to its huge, but still ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows cytoplasm (blue cubes), mRNA degradation machinery molecules (pink), and sugar transporters (brown). Right half adds the membrane ...

A research team led by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the process regulating cell division in ...

Patterns form in biological and physical systems across scales, ranging from cellular to macroscopic. In bacteria, the Min protein system is critical for regulating cell division and ensuring ...