At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

Genetics research reveals how diverse complex biological systems are. Diversity and collaboration make for more thorough and ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells ...

If the faster cell at the front divided, it did so asymmetrically, to make another fast cell at the front, and a slower cell in the back. With a technique called micropatterning, in which cells are ...

Contrary to what textbooks have claimed for over a century, cell division does not always follow the same pattern. Researchers have just demonstrated that cells can divide asymmetrically, overturning ...

By forming oscillating patterns between the ends of a cell (poles), the Min protein system provides protection against abnormal cell division in bacteria. Despite decades of theoretical work ...

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy.

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

The CMG complex is most well-known for acting as a “DNA unzipper”, unwinding double-stranded DNA to allow cells to replicate their genetic material in preparation for cell division. However, Nadin ...

But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “ third state ” that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.

Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died.

Organisms Created in Laboratory Are "Third State" Beyond Life and Death, Scientists Say "The third state challenges how scientists typically understand cell behavior." ...