Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...

Researchers found that rabies virus uses a shape-shifting protein to hijack RNA and control vital cell functions. Viruses are astonishingly efficient, able to take over our cells and control essential ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In its zeal to ban a procedure used in embryonic stem cell research, a proposed constitutional amendment would also redefine the ...

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective ...

Research by UMass Chan Medical School scientists Sharon Cantor, PhD, and Jenna M. Whalen, PhD, poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor cells.