Figure 1: A fluorescence light micrograph of breast cancer cell about to divide into two. Chromosomes are stained blue, while the pink dots are kinetochores. RIKEN researchers have demonstrated ...

Genetic engineers can design and assemble sophisticated gene circuits to program cells with new functions, but important signaling molecules can become diluted as these cells grow and divide, causing ...

Approach that uses cell’s own strategy of liquid-liquid phase separation protects synthetic modifications from being washed away by the tide of cell growth.

One of the challenges of modern pharmacology is specificity: despite their therapeutic effects, drugs can often have side effects. The biological basis of this has to do with the proteins and ...

Researchers at Gifu University’s Institute for Glyco-core Research have developed two synthetic approaches to produce a fragment of a molecule called poly(ADP-ribose). By developing two ways to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The human body can be thought of as a complex chemical factory with different processes occurring simultaneously at the ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that develops in response to infection. One of its major complications is cardiovascular dysfunction. Now, scientists show that a novel synthetic compound ...