On the flipside, if telomeres are too long, it can also spell trouble because cancer cells require long telomeres to become longer lived, ‘immortal,’” says Mia Levine, associate professor of biology ...

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Honing in on four markers for effective, patient-specific devices to combat glioblastoma.

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

It's long been assumed that when a parent cell divides into two daughter cells, the parent assumes a spherical shape, which then splits into two cells that have roughly the same, round size. But a new ...

In A Nutshell A natural compound in grapes, resveratrol, can bind to key ovarian cancer proteins in computer models. Lab studies suggest it may slow tumor growth, reduce inflammation, and boost ...