Piercing the nucleus of a cell without destroying it seems like a technical feat. Yet, researchers have just found a non-invasive method that could revolutionize gene therapies. A series of ...

They are formed in a woman's body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But ...

Pancreatic cancer’s deadly resilience may be tied to extrachromosomal DNA, which allows tumor cells to rapidly adapt to ...

When a cell is placed on top of these nanopillars, the nucleus wraps itself around the nanopillars, causing its membrane to ...

Transposons, also known as jumping genes or mobile genetic elements as they can replicate and reinsert themselves in the ...

One hypothesis is that the DNA loops could determine which genes are switched on in the cell. Inside a nucleus, chromosomes jumble together like a game of Twister. This can bring regulatory elements, ...

HIV inserts its genes into the host cell's nucleus in an unusual way. It doesn't import its RNA genetic material piecemeal. Instead, it stuffs its whole wedge-shaped capsid—basically the whole ...

During cell division, mitosis refers specifically to the separation of the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus. Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as prophase ...